After having been served a legal notice by LanSchool, the matter has since been resolved; rather quickly at that.
I would like to personally thank Greg Wilson and Jon Erickson for helping us greatly with this issue; and I’d like to extend this thanks to Anthony Aziz, David Crow, Gianni Chiappetta, and everybody else who helped out, gave advice, or simply offered support. You guys are great!
Since we posted the original legal notice that we received, it’s only fair to continue the process of openness and transparency.
Computer Science Canada (“CompSci.ca”) and myself have always respected the intellectual property of others and taken steps to remove any content we believe to be in violation of Canada’s intellectual property laws. However, we also respect Fair Dealings and freedom of speech and will not remove content from our site when we believe it is not infringing or is covered under fair use, which I believe to be the case in this incident. As such, we are not prepared to censor the review, author’s opinions, or comments. Nor are we prepared to destroy the intellectual property of the author, in the form of the proof-of-concept source code and the compiled application “LanSchooled”.
Emphasis added.
Lawyers were dropped and this kicked off an email discussion, which is now posted on the wiki page that sparked this ordeal. The issue was quickly resolved, and both sides reconciled.
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I’ve also learned a few things from this experience.
A number of useful resources came up during the research of the situation. So if anyone else is getting in trouble over similar issues, take note.
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And as promised, since this issue did not escalate to a lawyer wielding fight, we’ve given the received donations, all $18.22 of them, to EFF.
I’m glad everything worked out for the best in the end.
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Aye, glad everything worked out.
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I am satisfied everything worked best in the end. Yes, everything worked out happy.
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Tony & Crew,
Good for you for standing your ground! Many people – especially student-age people – would run and hide from a letter like that… or fly off the handle and say/do something stupid.
You guys should be proud of how you handled yourselves.
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CompSci.ca members certainly aren’t part of the “many people” for most aspects of our lives. I’m glad I could help, Tony, and I’d do it again. This community has helped me countless times throughout school, work, and just boredom.
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Awesome-sauce!
Congrats on handling the issue in an understanding and capable manner!
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WHAT THE F*#k HOW IS IT THAT WHEN OUR FRIENDS FROM COMPSCI ARE ABOUT TO UNDERGO HARDCORE LEGAL TROUBLES (even though they didnt) WE WHO CAN STAND HERE AND READ INTO THE FORUMS THEY PUT OUT FOR ADVICE… WE WHO CAN READ AND RESPOND TO WHAT THE TEAM PUTS THERE LIVES INTO AND STILL ONLY GIVE 18 F*#K@N 22!!!!!! HOW CAN WE ITS SICKENING I MYSELF AM A NEW READER, NOT AROUND WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON AND I SURE AS HELL DONT HAVE MUCH BUT HAD I BEEN THERE IN THERE TIME OF NEED I CAN SAY THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HELL OF A LOT MORE THAT I WOULD HAVE SENT… it makes me sad that the “devoted fans” who read constantly wouldnt fight more for something that the world needs, the sheer honesty that compsci puts out in every one of there blogs. i hope your all ashamed of yourselfs.
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wow, that is at least a bit of an over-reaction.
Things have never gotten to the “hardcore legal” level. I think we kind of freaked out when it first came to light, but looking back at it all, it doesn’t seem that bad.
Either way, I’m glad there are people that are this much into the community
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