From eliswilson at hushmail.com Wed May 1 00:36:15 2013 From: eliswilson at hushmail.com (eliswilson at hushmail.com) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:36:15 -0400 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science Message-ID: <20130430223615.D4A9714DBDE@smtp.hushmail.com> Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a study on the world?s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 organized by Prof. Hamid Arabnia from University of Georgia, USA. We submitted a fake paper to WORLDCOMP 2011 and again (the same paper with a modified title) to WORLDCOMP 2012. This paper had numerous fundamental mistakes. Sample statements from that paper include: (1). Binary logic is fuzzy logic and vice versa (2). Pascal developed fuzzy logic (3). Object oriented languages do not exhibit any polymorphism or inheritance (4). TCP and IP are synonyms and are part of OSI model (5). Distributed systems deal with only one computer (6). Laptop is an example for a super computer (7). Operating system is an example for computer hardware Also, our paper did not express any conceptual meaning. However, it was accepted both the times without any modifications (and without any reviews) and we were invited to submit the final paper and a payment of $500+ fee to present the paper. We decided to use the fee for better purposes than making Prof. Hamid Arabnia richer. After that, we received few reminders from WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. This fake paper is different from the two fake papers already published (see https://sites.google.com/site/worlddump4 for details) in WORLDCOMP. We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any thoughts of participating in WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP?s proceedings since 2011 due to its fakeness. See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for of one of the conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. See Section 2 of http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known researchers about WORLDCOMP. The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from scientific to other (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. Better not to have a paper than having it in WORLDCOMP and spoil the resume and peace of mind forever! Our study revealed that WORLDCOMP is money making business, using University of Georgia mask, for Prof. Hamid Arabnia. He is throwing out a small chunk of that money (around 20 dollars per paper published in WORLDCOMP?s proceedings) to his puppet (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other conferences to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. He also makes anonymous phone calls and threatens the critiques of WORLDCOMP (See Item 7 of Section 5 of above website). That is, the puppet does all his best to get a maximum number of papers published at WORLDCOMP to get more money into his (and Prof. Hamid Arabnia?s) pockets. Prof. Hamid Arabnia makes a lot of tricks. For example, he appeared in a newspaper to fool the public, claiming him a victim of cyber-attack (see Item 8 in Section 5 of above website). Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP for more than 10 years, until 2012) has refused to provide the venue for WORLDCOMP?13 because of the fears of their image being tarnished due to WORLDCOMP?s fraudulent activities. That is why WORLDCOMP?13 is taking place at a different resort. WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. The draft paper submission deadline is over but still there are no committee members, no reviewers, and there is no conference Chairman. The only contact details available on WORLDCOMP?s website is just an email address! We ask Prof. Hamid Arabnia to publish all reviews for all the papers (after blocking identifiable details) since 2000 conference. Reveal the names and affiliations of all the reviewers (for each year) and how many papers each reviewer had reviewed on average. We also ask him to look at the Open Challenge (Section 6) at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 and respond if he has any professional values. Sorry for posting to multiple lists. Spreading the word is the only way to stop this bogus conference. Please forward this message to other mailing lists and people. We are shocked with Prof. Hamid Arabnia and his puppet?s activities at http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the keyword worldcomp fake for additional links. From eliswilson at hushmail.com Wed May 1 01:28:40 2013 From: eliswilson at hushmail.com (eliswilson at hushmail.com) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:28:40 -0400 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science Message-ID: <20130430232840.64E1FE6736@smtp.hushmail.com> Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a study on the world?s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 organized by Prof. Hamid Arabnia from University of Georgia, USA. We submitted a fake paper to WORLDCOMP 2011 and again (the same paper with a modified title) to WORLDCOMP 2012. This paper had numerous fundamental mistakes. Sample statements from that paper include: (1). Binary logic is fuzzy logic and vice versa (2). Pascal developed fuzzy logic (3). Object oriented languages do not exhibit any polymorphism or inheritance (4). TCP and IP are synonyms and are part of OSI model (5). Distributed systems deal with only one computer (6). Laptop is an example for a super computer (7). Operating system is an example for computer hardware Also, our paper did not express any conceptual meaning. However, it was accepted both the times without any modifications (and without any reviews) and we were invited to submit the final paper and a payment of $500+ fee to present the paper. We decided to use the fee for better purposes than making Prof. Hamid Arabnia richer. After that, we received few reminders from WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. This fake paper is different from the two fake papers already published (see https://sites.google.com/site/worlddump4 for details) in WORLDCOMP. We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any thoughts of participating in WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP?s proceedings since 2011 due to its fakeness. See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for of one of the conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. See Section 2 of http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known researchers about WORLDCOMP. The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from scientific to other (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. Better not to have a paper than having it in WORLDCOMP and spoil the resume and peace of mind forever! Our study revealed that WORLDCOMP is money making business, using University of Georgia mask, for Prof. Hamid Arabnia. He is throwing out a small chunk of that money (around 20 dollars per paper published in WORLDCOMP?s proceedings) to his puppet (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other conferences to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. He also makes anonymous phone calls and threatens the critiques of WORLDCOMP (See Item 7 of Section 5 of above website). That is, the puppet does all his best to get a maximum number of papers published at WORLDCOMP to get more money into his (and Prof. Hamid Arabnia?s) pockets. Prof. Hamid Arabnia makes a lot of tricks. For example, he appeared in a newspaper to fool the public, claiming him a victim of cyber-attack (see Item 8 in Section 5 of above website). Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP for more than 10 years, until 2012) has refused to provide the venue for WORLDCOMP?13 because of the fears of their image being tarnished due to WORLDCOMP?s fraudulent activities. That is why WORLDCOMP?13 is taking place at a different resort. WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. The draft paper submission deadline is over but still there are no committee members, no reviewers, and there is no conference Chairman. The only contact details available on WORLDCOMP?s website is just an email address! We ask Prof. Hamid Arabnia to publish all reviews for all the papers (after blocking identifiable details) since 2000 conference. Reveal the names and affiliations of all the reviewers (for each year) and how many papers each reviewer had reviewed on average. We also ask him to look at the Open Challenge (Section 6) at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 and respond if he has any professional values. Sorry for posting to multiple lists. Spreading the word is the only way to stop this bogus conference. Please forward this message to other mailing lists and people. We are shocked with Prof. Hamid Arabnia and his puppet?s activities at http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the keyword worldcomp fake for additional links. From techtonik at gmail.com Wed May 1 14:44:08 2013 From: techtonik at gmail.com (anatoly techtonik) Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 15:44:08 +0300 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] Is CLA required to send and accept edits for Python documentation? Message-ID: Wikipedia doesn't require to sign up a CLA to edit pages. Is CLA required to send and accept edits for Python documentation? Why? -- anatoly t. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jnoller at gmail.com Fri May 3 14:02:50 2013 From: jnoller at gmail.com (Jesse Noller) Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 08:02:50 -0400 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] Is CLA required to send and accept edits for Python documentation? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <35F44A43-24D5-4C70-A9C8-F4BC7B6F7460@gmail.com> On May 1, 2013, at 8:44 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > Wikipedia doesn't require to sign up a CLA to edit pages. Is CLA required to send and accept edits for Python documentation? Why? We are not Wikipedia. Documentation is shipped with Python, it contains code examples/etc which are relevant to the code itself and therefore larger changes (just like code patches) require the ability for redistribution and licensing downstream to other vendors such as ActiveState, RedHat and others. Documentation as it is built, distributed and written by the development team is just as important, if not moreso than the code itself. > -- > anatoly t. > _______________________________________________ > Python-legal-sig mailing list > Python-legal-sig at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-legal-sig From vogelma at utrc.utc.com Thu May 9 20:41:03 2013 From: vogelma at utrc.utc.com (Vogel, Mark A UTRC) Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 18:41:03 +0000 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] Public Domain - export control issues Message-ID: If Python source is freely available and downloadable why isn't it listed as public domain software not subject to the EAR? Thanks, Mark Vogel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mal at egenix.com Fri May 10 10:22:00 2013 From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:22:00 +0200 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] Public Domain - export control issues In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <518CAE28.1000501@egenix.com> On 09.05.2013 20:41, Vogel, Mark A UTRC wrote: > If Python source is freely available and downloadable why isn't it listed as public domain software not subject to the EAR? Python is copyrighted software, not public domain software: http://docs.python.org/2/license.html Whether it's subject to export control depends on which country your referring to, whether you are talking about the source code or the compiled binary packages and which Python modules or 3rd party libraries you include in those. Python's source archive contains hash algorithms, but does not include ciphers. However, it does contain code interfacing to OpenSSL for implementing SSL network communication. Hope that helps, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, May 10 2013) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2013-05-07: Released mxODBC Zope DA 2.1.2 ... http://egenix.com/go46 2013-05-06: Released mxODBC 3.2.3 ... http://egenix.com/go45 ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ From vogelma at utrc.utc.com Fri May 10 17:01:00 2013 From: vogelma at utrc.utc.com (Vogel, Mark A UTRC) Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 15:01:00 +0000 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] [External] Re: Public Domain - export control issues In-Reply-To: <518CAE28.1000501@egenix.com> References: <518CAE28.1000501@egenix.com> Message-ID: Hi Marc-Andre, I appreciate your response and would like to know if you could direct me to any specific release version (preferably source) that is packaged in a way that it is not subject to the EAR. I am not interested in using any cipher libraries. Thanks for your help. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Python-legal-sig [mailto:python-legal-sig-bounces+vogelma=utrc.utc.com at python.org] On Behalf Of M.-A. Lemburg Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:22 AM To: Discussion of Python Legal/Compliance issues Subject: [External] Re: [Python-legal-sig] Public Domain - export control issues On 09.05.2013 20:41, Vogel, Mark A UTRC wrote: > If Python source is freely available and downloadable why isn't it listed as public domain software not subject to the EAR? Python is copyrighted software, not public domain software: http://docs.python.org/2/license.html Whether it's subject to export control depends on which country your referring to, whether you are talking about the source code or the compiled binary packages and which Python modules or 3rd party libraries you include in those. Python's source archive contains hash algorithms, but does not include ciphers. However, it does contain code interfacing to OpenSSL for implementing SSL network communication. Hope that helps, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, May 10 2013) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2013-05-07: Released mxODBC Zope DA 2.1.2 ... http://egenix.com/go46 2013-05-06: Released mxODBC 3.2.3 ... http://egenix.com/go45 ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Python-legal-sig mailing list Python-legal-sig at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-legal-sig From solipsis at pitrou.net Fri May 10 17:24:44 2013 From: solipsis at pitrou.net (Antoine Pitrou) Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:44 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Python-legal-sig] [External] Re: Public Domain - export control issues In-Reply-To: References: <518CAE28.1000501@egenix.com> Message-ID: Hello, > I appreciate your response and would like to know if you could direct me > to any specific release version (preferably source) that is packaged in a > way that it is not subject to the EAR. I am not interested in using any > cipher libraries. Our main download site, www.python.org, is still hosted outside the US. The Mercurial repository, hg.python.org, has been migrated to a US-based VM, though. To be honest this regulation stuff all sounds a bit crazy :-/ Regards Antoine. From mal at egenix.com Sat May 11 14:05:23 2013 From: mal at egenix.com (M.-A. Lemburg) Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 14:05:23 +0200 Subject: [Python-legal-sig] [External] Re: Public Domain - export control issues In-Reply-To: References: <518CAE28.1000501@egenix.com> Message-ID: <518E3403.3000600@egenix.com> Hi Mark, the PSF only distributes one source release which includes everything needed to compile Python. What you could do is grab such a source release and remove the code that you don't need. Since the Python license allows you to redistribute such a stripped down version, you could prepare a non-EAR version specific to your needs. Regards, -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, May 11 2013) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2013-05-07: Released mxODBC Zope DA 2.1.2 ... http://egenix.com/go46 2013-05-06: Released mxODBC 3.2.3 ... http://egenix.com/go45 ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ On 10.05.2013 17:01, Vogel, Mark A UTRC wrote: > Hi Marc-Andre, > > I appreciate your response and would like to know if you could direct me to any specific release version (preferably source) that is packaged in a way that it is not subject to the EAR. I am not interested in using any cipher libraries. > > Thanks for your help. > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Python-legal-sig [mailto:python-legal-sig-bounces+vogelma=utrc.utc.com at python.org] On Behalf Of M.-A. Lemburg > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 4:22 AM > To: Discussion of Python Legal/Compliance issues > Subject: [External] Re: [Python-legal-sig] Public Domain - export control issues > > On 09.05.2013 20:41, Vogel, Mark A UTRC wrote: >> If Python source is freely available and downloadable why isn't it listed as public domain software not subject to the EAR? > > Python is copyrighted software, not public domain software: > > http://docs.python.org/2/license.html > > Whether it's subject to export control depends on which country your referring to, whether you are talking about the source code or the compiled binary packages and which Python modules or 3rd party libraries you include in those. > > Python's source archive contains hash algorithms, but does not include ciphers. However, it does contain code interfacing to OpenSSL for implementing SSL network communication. > > Hope that helps, > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, May 10 2013) >>>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > 2013-05-07: Released mxODBC Zope DA 2.1.2 ... http://egenix.com/go46 > 2013-05-06: Released mxODBC 3.2.3 ... http://egenix.com/go45 > > ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. 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