diff --git a/2015-07-22-Dedual-Enterprises.md b/2015-07-22-Dedual-Enterprises.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b651f0a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015-07-22-Dedual-Enterprises.md @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +Greetings, + +My name is [private]. It grieves me +to reach out in this manner, but I believe that code of which I am the +author of has been illegally forked and commandeered. I have read and +understand Github's Guide to Filing a DCMA Notice, and having read and +understood the guidelines, I have proceeded to file this claim. + +The code is question resides at +[private]. It is a private +Github repository containing the code written for a project I was +subcontracted to perform for the Sneakers Agency. The main repo for the +original code resides at +[private], also a +private repository. As you can see, the offending repo (Barbarian's +[private] repo) was duplicated as of April 27th, 2015. Up until then, +and substantially afterward, I was the only author on the repo, as I was +the only individual who wrote and incorporated the software. While there +are open source components involved in this project (Tesseract OCR, ZBar, +and others), there is enough proprietary code written to claim both +ownership and authorship over the project. Among those, specifically, are +the algorithms used in [private], including but not limited to +those pertaining to what has been termed as "Lexical processing" (including +functions "postProcessing", "mostLikelyComputedFromStack", and others) and +the overall integration of the project (the fact that it utilizes video +rather than static images, the integration of multiple scanning +technologies, etc), as well as some of the demo projects written to +showcase how the framework was to be used. Dedual Enterprises also wrote +the Android components as well, as they utilized the same logic, only more +specifically tailored for Android. + +The offending repository was duplicated by one [private] (github +username dannichols) of The Barbarian Group. He can be reached at +[private] + +[private] had hired The Sneakers Group to create this code. However, as +of this day, they have not met the terms of their agreement with The +Sneakers Agency. Barbarian has also refused to pay for services rendered, +and have taken the next step by appropriating an older version of the +repository. To what purpose? Only they can speak to that. + +I currently do not have, nor have ever had, a contract with either +Barbarian or Sneakers Agency (the current repository owners), where I +assign my authorship or copyright of what we've termed as the OCR code +(herein describing the contents of either repository) to anyone else or any +other entity. Dedual Enterprises is the owner and copyright holder of this +code. To remedy this infringement, we would need for the offending +repository to be deleted, any local codebases that have cloned or used the +offending repository (or any based off of the copyrighted code) to be +deleted, as well as proof, through the supervision of one of our +representatives and under perjury under the law, that all traces of the +offending code have been deleted from [private's] computers, Barbarian's +computers, and any computers [private] or his agents may have had access +to in order to duplicate said repository. The fact that they have been able +to do this once implies they are capable of doing this many times over. + +It is a sad day when developers work their best and still have to bear +witness to these tactics. With a pain in my heart for what has happened +under the current circumstances, *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. Further, **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 for your attention in this matter. * + +*Sincerely, * + +[private]