diff --git a/2015-09-01-powerplan7.md b/2015-09-01-powerplan7.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1322fbb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015-09-01-powerplan7.md @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Hello, + +I'm the copyright holder for the Trackpad++ software (http://trackpad.powerplan7.com) + +Unfortunately our software got affected by a keygen, openly published +at GitHub (at https://github.com/lktiep/TrackpadPlusKeygen) + +GitHub Terms of Service (A.8) are clearly violated, and, more +importantly, an international copyright law. We had given NO permission +to a third party (including GitHub user account 'lktiep') to reverse +engineer our software and generate/distribute the tools for assigning +the License Keys (Donator's S/Ns) for our software. Please note that the +author of the keygen himself does clearly state, it is THE KEYGEN. May I +kindly raise the question, since when GitHub is openly hosting the +keygens and/or cracks? + +Please let me briefly describe the mechanism of circumvention: +- Our Trackpad++ software is a kind of donationware which requires +mandatory weekly updates unless the user is a donator; +- We assign the Donator's S/N keys only to project supporters, and +once entered, the Donator's S/N disables the mandatory weekly redownload +feature; +- This mechanism, Donator's S/N for permanent uninterrupted usage is +the way our project is being funded. +- The keygen not only breaks our licensing scheme/EULA by allowing all +people to get the S/N assigned, but also features the reverse engineered +code, and directly steals the copyrighted intellectual property from the +owner. IT'S THE KEYGEN, IT'S THAT SIMPLE, AND ITS AUTHOR ALREADY +CONFIRMED THIS IN HIS OWN DESCRIPTION, SO PLEASE COSIDER IT FOR REMOVING +AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. + +I have read and understand GitHub's Guide to Filing a DMCA Notice. I +have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described +above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright +owner, or its agent, or the law. I swear, under penalty of perjury, that +the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the +copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an +exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. + +Thank You, +[Private] +Trackpad++ [Private] +[Private]