[pLog-svn] Look what I found

[Mark Wu]

Hi Oscar :

They always can just copy the code and make it as close source ...

Even with code pattern comparision, I don't think we can say they copy our
feature or our code ... It is too easy to break

Two ways to solve this:
1. Make pLog very very famous and getting our user base very very big. And
if they copy some code or feature from us and make it as close source , user
will know, and will fight for us (I guess)
2. Or change our licese, make the pLog to close source or dual licese

Or I think there is no way to stop them to do copy 

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plog-svn-bounces at devel.plogworld.net 
> [mailto:plog-svn-bounces at devel.plogworld.net] On Behalf Of 
> Oscar Renalias
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 12:36 AM
> To: plog-svn at devel.plogworld.net
> Subject: Re: [pLog-svn] Look what I found
> 
> It is clear that we got right when implementing support for 
> files and albums :)
> 
> But what worries me is that blacksnday explicitely requested 
> support for moblogging. BH being a closed-source tool, who 
> can guarantee that they will not copy our stuff right away? 
> After all, we're already done all the hard work (parsing the 
> message and getting something meaningful out of it) and they 
> only have to readapt certain parts to their library of functions.
> 
> Furthermore, I am a bit worried that we being the main 
> competitor with them, they could easily "borrow" most of our 
> key features from us by just incorporating our code... I know 
> I am being paranoic, but seeing the latest GPL abuses I don't 
> think that this is too far-fetched.
> 
> We can always purchase a license and look at the code ourselves :)
> 
> Oscar
> 
> On 2 Jun 2005, at 19:10, Jon Daley wrote:
> 
> > Looking around on bloghoster, found a couple articles.
> >
> > http://www.bloghoster.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=182&hl=plog
> >
> > I think silex is still involved with plog, isn't he?  or did he 
> > disappear. He might have some useful things to say about 
> why he likes 
> > bh better, or at least better for some things.
> >
> > http://www.bloghoster.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=205&hl=plog
> >
> > silex does mention a number of times how "why aren't you 
> like plog"...
> >
> > http://www.bloghoster.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=259&hl=plog
> >
> > http://www.bloghoster.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=313&hl=plog
> > I guess he did leave.
> 
> By the way, this is a clear example of what we mean when we 
> say that SQL code should be separated from HTML code which 
> should be separated from PHP code:
> 
> http://www.bloghoster.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=313&hl=plog#
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