diff --git a/2016-08-18-PokeMobBot-counternotice.md b/2016-08-18-PokeMobBot-counternotice.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..10df9da3 --- /dev/null +++ b/2016-08-18-PokeMobBot-counternotice.md @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +MobBotTeam +[private] + +Dear Github, + +I have read and understand GitHub's Guide to Filing a DMCA Counter Notice. +and am including this statement as proof and as required. + +This letter is a formal response to a claim of copyright infringement +against our Github repo that may be found at the following address : + +https://github.com/MobBotTeam/PokeMobBot + +I swear under penalty of perjury, that i have a good-faith belief that the +material was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or +misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled. + +Our project is licensed under AGPLv3, and projects from which we have taken +code are licensed under GPLv3. We have fully complied with all licensing +requirements from said projects. + +I have good reason to believe that the Initial DMCA Notice was erroneously +filed as a result of internal issues within the previous projects. +PokeMobBot and NecroBot first were only NecroBot, until the developement +team split into both projects as a result of the expulsion of Necronomicon. +Necronomicon then moved on to create "NecroBot", which actually took code +from PokeMobBot to include it in NecroBot. An example would be as follows : + +https://github.com/PocketMobsters/PokeMobBot/pull/378/files +The above link is a pull request from an original piece of code from +PokeMobBot. + +https://github.com/NECROBOTIO/NecroBot/commit/b968fa24fb920deeed3e77dc535761dad832e602 +The above link is the same code taken by NecroBot, without attribution, +nine hours after our initial pull request. + +Another example of such would be their Readme file. They demonstrate being +licensed as AGPLv3, yet their license file is GPLv3. +This is due to them ripping off our very own Readme without verification. +Hence, their GPLv3 license is void. + +Multiple instances of such have happened. Most code of NecroBot and +PokeMobBot are extremely similar or the same due to cases such as above or +the initial split otherwise. + +Hence, i re-state that i have good reason to believe that the initial DMCA +Notice is false, and was only filed in order to sabotage our project. + +I consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial +district in which my address is located (if in the United States, otherwise +the Northen District of California where GitHub is located), and i will +accept service of process from the person who provided the DMCA +notification or agent of such person. + +[private]