Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 13:54:42 04/08/05
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On April 08, 2005 at 06:16:56, Günther Simon wrote: >On April 08, 2005 at 03:05:22, Peter Skinner wrote: > >...snipped some other content... > >>7. You once again contacted my webhost stating that I was hosting pirated chess >>programs, and that Crafty was a "partner" program of Arena. Once again my site >>was suspended until I proved that Crafty was not a "partner" program at all, and >>was an open source program for all to download. The files on my site were >>compiled executables for those that could not do it for themselves, and other >>files were user contributions. Again my service was restored. Just so I wouldn't >>have to go through it all again, I put readme.txt files in every directory >>stating what the files were, and who contributed them. > >If this is really true, that Conkie said you would illegally host Crafty, >'their' >partner program, I would expect strong words by Bob now! >I really cannot imagine Bob has allowed 'them' to host Crafty as an exclusively >partner program for Arena? > >Guenther I want to be clear. I don't care if they want to label a compiled version of Crafty as a "partner" program and distribute it with Arena. That is the their choice and perfectly fine within Robert's license. What I _don't_ agree to is claiming that is _their_ program and by having it on my site was a breach in copyright. That was complete crap. Look at the events: 1. My site was suspended due to a complaint for copyright infringement again. (Even the first time was crap, and my host now knows it.) 2. You will notice that in _every_ folder on my site there is a readme.txt file stating _exactly_ what the files are, and who contributed them. (This was a combined idea between myself and a support person at my host so that this would not happen again.) 3. My host takes copyright matters seriously which is exactly why I chose them in the first place. Since this is the case, I can not obtain the email that "someone" sent claiming the allegations. Seeing how I was in breach of copyright against an "Arena" program, do the math... It took all of 2 minutes on the phone with someone from my host to correct that situation, but my service was down for over 11 hours without my knowledge. Chris can do as many smoke and mirror tricks he would like, but it still adds up to the same thing.... Peter
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