[Asterisk-Dev] Asterisk Credits and Fair use. Mark Pls Respond.

[Dr. Rich Muprhey]

I'm not sure the facts support what you are saying.  There is evidence 
that specific issues are resolved without hesitation.

You haven't raised a single instance that could possibly be addressed.

Either get the facts straight or stop wasting everyone's time.

Rich


dking at pimpsoft.com wrote:
> Why is it that ever time I turn around, no ones name is on anything 
> but Marks, EVEN if I know for a fact he did not do the work in 
> question?
> 
> Why does it look like to me that Mark simply takes credit for work he 
> did not do, taking others names off there work?
> 
> Why is it I know for a fact that several things in asterisk are not 
> done by mark, but have his name on it?
> 
> This way of doing things is not true open source idealistic. Taking 
> someones name off of something to put your own name on it is 
> unethical and immoral. It also can be seen as illegal.
> 
> Large open source software projects usually have a credits file 
> listing everyone who helped out. Instead asterisk source code all has 
> 'copyright Mark Spencer' and the only names in the 'credits' files 
> are little adds for companies that helped Mark get it off the ground 
> and members of the 'inner circle'.
> 
> What about the rest of us? What about the community that did the 
> work?
> 
> So I am asking digum/Mark/whoever: So why is it happening? Why has it 
> been allowed?
> 
> I'm not asking for a long multi threaded discussion where everybody 
> gets pissed off and angry at the whistle-blower (me). I just want to 
> know why Mark you say you are a part of the open source community, 
> yet you disrespect it and every single person who has helped with 
> your actions by plagiarizing or in the minds of some of the people I 
> have talked to, stolen, work. 
> 
> Hell you have added work by ME without giving credits, and I have 
> talked to many others, some who even had code added without having to 
> sign disclaimers (and that's a interesting topic for later) who all 
> say the same thing. They feel that Mark simply takes credit for 
> everyone else's work, and doesn't even credit the people who do the 
> work.
> 
> So I want to know why Mark. I'm not calling you out. I'm not blaming 
> you for something other people I have told me you did. I'm not asking 
> about the code you have included in asterisk without having signed 
> disclaimers. I'm not asking about code you have included in asterisk 
> that may be the ownership of other people.
> 
> I AM asking why you have done this, and why code I know either to 
> have been done by others or myself is written off as your work. I AM 
> asking why you do not count the numerous other people who have 
> submitted patches or helped in the development of asterisk in the 
> credits file. I AM asking you why you say in most if not all the 
> files you say ‘copyright Mark Spencer’ when so many others including 
> myself have put valuable time and effort into them. I am asking you 
> why you have taken out names from credits in source code in what 
> looks to me like so the true ownership to them is not traceable.
> 
> So instead of calling you out, I'm asking you WHY.
> 
> - D
> 
> 
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