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Dan, I understand your frustration.
As I understand it, the Eclipse license grants others "a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce ... in object code form.". To me, this implies someone can package the compiled version of your app and do what they will with it - i.e. give it away, sell it, or include it as a value-add to something else they're selling. What nobody can do is alter or remove the copyright.
I've often been asked to open source WeatherMate[^] and TakeStock 2[^] but refuse to do so because I don't want to be exploited by others who may create derivate works of these products.
/ravi
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.
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Thx for your support, he's since pulled his version after I escalated the conflict.
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That's a good outcome. Glad it ended up that way. 
/ravi
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.dan.g. wrote: A while ago I decided that the support calls were more than I wanted so I asked PA to take my software off their site. They said no, their wrapper couldn't be a problem, blah, blah, blah
Refer all the support calls to PA saying that, because you are not experiencing these problems in any other distribution, it is their wrapper that is causing the problem. 
Better yet only provide an email address with an automatic answer stating this, giving their email address and telephone number, so you don't have to get involved. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Thx for your support, he's since pulled his version after I escalated the conflict.
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I am happy it worked out well for you.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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In the interest of transparency: http://portableapps.com/node/39435[^]. Added to the PortableApps Repository by AbstractSpoon in 2009 http://portableapps.com/node/20408[^].
While I don't have the details about how this entire thing took place, I hope this at least shows some transparanecy. I am not affiliated with PortableApps I do use the product so was wanting some further information as it sounded odd that it would even have to be "aired" in public like this.
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Indeed.
Dealing with him was even weirder.
He felt that renaming and rebranding ToDoList was ethical under the Eclipse license (legal yes, ethical no).
But ultimately he found that he had taken a position that was untenable, so going public is his way of saving face instead of just admitting he got it badly wrong.
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As you have released your code free they can redistribute it (bad idea IMO).
However, they cannot replace your name or re-brand without your consent, this is copyright infringement.
You have rights of copyright on your works and can set a legal case that you WILL win.
DO NOT accept the spiel and BS they are giving , it is not based on fact but an attempt to bully you into
accepting their T&Cs. DO NOT give up the licensing you have worked long and hard for.
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Happy Holi to all members of the CP.
Enjoy weekend and Lets play Holi.
modified 15-Mar-14 2:57am.
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Happy Holi to all our Indian friends. Now is the time I wish I could have been in India!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Hi,
Happy Holi to you too 
With friendly greetings,
Eric Goedhart
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Upside: Bacon 
Downside: Pennsylvania
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Don't forget to clean your teeth before going: http://www.baconfreak.com/bacon-dental-floss.html[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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A bit amateur-hour, that.
I've spent 2 hours trying to work out why things work great for 5 page views and then die a horrible death-by-timeout for every cache call.
Several hundred lines of extra logging calls and there it was: the connection pool was being exhausted because I wasn't using a using statement.
But of course the kicker is that the original error message telling me that it was a connection pool issue had been staring me in the face all that time 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Sh*t happens
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new
-Einstein, Albert
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Oh, you're one of THOSE guys, eh? Had one at a previous job. Only, he wrote a massive website over 5+ years, so there were undisposed SQL connections everywhere. I eventually got it all fixed up by naming the connection strings and tracking down the locations that left the most unclosed connections. Took much longer than 2 hours!
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Real Programmers don't Dispose. They hide the object in a rolled up carpet in the back of an abandoned car.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You've had a long week, these things happen ... at least it didn't get out into the outside world, where 10.46 Million members might find out. Oh... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Time to check recent posts in Weird and Wonderful forum. I guess it would have made it there.
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