"I don't know if people pay for it. But I'm sure *someone* naive enough would do it."
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Ahmad Alfy commented on Tobias Kuhn's blog post Obvious fraud is obvious"omg $4 per line?
and people pay for it?"
Stian Didriksen commented on Tobias Kuhn's blog post Obvious fraud is obvious"Ever since someone gave me this advice, I couldn't care less about others stealing my code and calling it their own.
The advice was mainly about how to make pirating and warez sting less on your end. You're the original developer.…"
"Alright, this looks pretty cool. Very similar to what I've done in Projectfork. I have to grab the latest Joomla version from SVN and see this in detail...and also adapt my ACL so that both work hand in hand :)"
"Tobias - your English is impressive. Thanks for the post and being a part. Look forward to learning from you."
"@John:
"It's not the amount of code that matters, but what it delivers in terms of value"
You're absolutely right. But in my example, both the value/reward and the amount of code is very little.
"If someone's charging…"
"One more thing, it's good to share information with users,. It's important to be careful with word choice. Words like "fraud" have meaning that might wind up getting you into trouble. Saying that you reviewed an extension,…"
"Some inside-out thinking here to consider:
Success breeds success; and with it comes the greedy rule-benders and crooks. It'd be nice to have a GuantaniCode Bay for the pond scum of the earth, but we don't (yet).
That said, here's…"
"Tobias -
Certainly, you should feel free to communicate your concerns to your users. You can get your message out a lot of different ways: blog posts, help text within your component that links to a list you maintain of extensions you recommend and…"
"@Fasail: No I haven't (yet). By "linking" I meant that the extension's purpose is to create a hyperlink from the Joomla CP to the Projectfork component. And whoever created it wants $8 for it...that's a rip-off deal. He is…"
Obvious fraud is obvious
I regularly search the web for sites containing related information about my extension Projectfork. I've started developing Projectfork 3 years ago and as happens with most extensions (or projects in general), it's popularity increased over time. But with that, I've also noticed an increased fraud activity going on around the project; Mainly people trying to abuse the popularity of Projectfork to make some cash the easiest way possible.Of…See More
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Obvious fraud is obvious
I regularly search the web for sites containing related information about my extension Projectfork. I've started developing Projectfork 3 years ago and as happens with most extensions (or projects in general), it's popularity increased over time. But with that, I've also noticed an increased fraud activity going on around the project; Mainly people trying to abuse the popularity of Projectfork to make some cash the easiest way… Continue
Posted on October 19, 2009 at 7:07am — 9 Comments
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