I'm moving on
After wasting two valuable days in a pointless and futile defense of my intellectual rights, I'm moving on. This should hopefully be my final update on this incident.
Something that I posted onto my FLASHbox website.
Ok, I'm moving on. It's no point arguing with someone who has no conscience, no guilt, no ethics.
For those who do not know FLASH, I'm going to clarify why I made such a big hoo-hah out of this plagiarism incident.
FLASH is basically edited as a .fla file. The final output which can be viewed is a .swf file, which cannot be edited. Since I am the creator of this FLASHbox and I did not reveal my code (the .fla file) to anyone, no one should be able to edit my FLASHbox.
I have used an open source smiley component for this FLASHbox which I modified quite extensively to make it work well and fit to my style. The edited copy is in the .fla file.
Since the .fla file belongs to the FLASHbox, anyone who is able to rip anything out of the .swf file (perhaps by using Sothink's SWF Decompiler) and edit it after that is doing something wrong, even if the original component in the editable .fla file was open source.
The smiley component that I have used is open source, but my FLASHbox code is not. Since the .fla file contains my own codes for the FLASHbox as well, it is natural that I have the right to not share it.
The .swf file is not the source code and decompiling it to obtain the source code is unethical in all sense. The same goes to decompiling any other programs in any other language to access the source code. No amount of editing done to the illegally obtained source code will make it justifiable.
MrBasic has obviously decompiled my .swf file and thus illegally obtained my source code. But he blatantly denies this fact time and again even though I have proof. He has blocked my IP and I am no longer able to access his shoutbox website.
I might be rude to spam his shoutbox with what MrBasic terms as "nonsense", but I only state the truth in there. It is up to the general public to decide for themselves who is right. I guess no one would be able to understand the devastation that I've gone through. All my effort spent developing this FLASHbox to find out that someone has easily obtained my source code illegally and treated as his own.
I'm a student... My studies are my priority. I have spent a lot of time on this FLASHbox website, though it is just a hobby. This incident has allowed me to learn that humans will do anything just to get what they want, to witness the cruelty of society. I have been hurt, in ways unimaginable by others.
I've wasted two days in a pointless defense of my intellectual rights. I'm moving on and will continue to maintain this website in my free time. Improvements to the FLASHbox will no longer be spontaneous, because someone has killed my passion and motivation for it.
Ok, perhaps a short update on the past few days.
Tuesday, 16 August 2005
I went to school and had lunch with a friend at the Engin canteen. I tried one of the stalls with fewer people queuing and well, I sort of found out why there were so few people buying from that stall. The pricing is quite reasonable, so is the portion of food. It's just that it doesn't taste that nice. Edible, but not fantastic.
I spent the rest of the afternoon at Science faculty. Chanced upon a lunch gathering of a few coursemates and joined them for a short chat, after which I parked myself in one of the labs to do some stuff. I went for a briefing for my lab TA module at 4pm and it ended just slightly after 5pm. I suppose that the workload for it is going to be quite light. Since it's only on alternate weeks that I have to do lab duty. Back to the computer lab, then over to my cousins' place to give tuition.
It was hard to teach after realising that someone has stolen what belongs to me. Anyway, called up a close friend of mine on my way home, ranted and ranted for 16 minutes. I had to end the call because I had reached home and the handphone reception in my house is horrible for the Singtel network. A big thank you to this particular friend who lent a listening ear and also to those I have ranted to in MSN, for lending listening eyes. Heh
Wednesday, 17 August 2005
A friend came over in the morning to get some of his work done. The CORS tutorial registration website was a disaster. I was lucky not to have to deal with the frustration of not being able to log in to the website and to face unloadable or unprocessable (if there's such a word) pages because I did not have any tutorials to bid for.
I went for a tan in the afternoon... I think I look better with a slight tan. Well, most people do anyway... healthier-looking I guess. A short one, followed by an early dinner of chicken rice at the nearby hawker center.
Something that I posted onto my FLASHbox website.
Ok, I'm moving on. It's no point arguing with someone who has no conscience, no guilt, no ethics.
For those who do not know FLASH, I'm going to clarify why I made such a big hoo-hah out of this plagiarism incident.
FLASH is basically edited as a .fla file. The final output which can be viewed is a .swf file, which cannot be edited. Since I am the creator of this FLASHbox and I did not reveal my code (the .fla file) to anyone, no one should be able to edit my FLASHbox.
I have used an open source smiley component for this FLASHbox which I modified quite extensively to make it work well and fit to my style. The edited copy is in the .fla file.
Since the .fla file belongs to the FLASHbox, anyone who is able to rip anything out of the .swf file (perhaps by using Sothink's SWF Decompiler) and edit it after that is doing something wrong, even if the original component in the editable .fla file was open source.
The smiley component that I have used is open source, but my FLASHbox code is not. Since the .fla file contains my own codes for the FLASHbox as well, it is natural that I have the right to not share it.
The .swf file is not the source code and decompiling it to obtain the source code is unethical in all sense. The same goes to decompiling any other programs in any other language to access the source code. No amount of editing done to the illegally obtained source code will make it justifiable.
MrBasic has obviously decompiled my .swf file and thus illegally obtained my source code. But he blatantly denies this fact time and again even though I have proof. He has blocked my IP and I am no longer able to access his shoutbox website.
I might be rude to spam his shoutbox with what MrBasic terms as "nonsense", but I only state the truth in there. It is up to the general public to decide for themselves who is right. I guess no one would be able to understand the devastation that I've gone through. All my effort spent developing this FLASHbox to find out that someone has easily obtained my source code illegally and treated as his own.
I'm a student... My studies are my priority. I have spent a lot of time on this FLASHbox website, though it is just a hobby. This incident has allowed me to learn that humans will do anything just to get what they want, to witness the cruelty of society. I have been hurt, in ways unimaginable by others.
I've wasted two days in a pointless defense of my intellectual rights. I'm moving on and will continue to maintain this website in my free time. Improvements to the FLASHbox will no longer be spontaneous, because someone has killed my passion and motivation for it.
Ok, perhaps a short update on the past few days.
Tuesday, 16 August 2005
I went to school and had lunch with a friend at the Engin canteen. I tried one of the stalls with fewer people queuing and well, I sort of found out why there were so few people buying from that stall. The pricing is quite reasonable, so is the portion of food. It's just that it doesn't taste that nice. Edible, but not fantastic.
I spent the rest of the afternoon at Science faculty. Chanced upon a lunch gathering of a few coursemates and joined them for a short chat, after which I parked myself in one of the labs to do some stuff. I went for a briefing for my lab TA module at 4pm and it ended just slightly after 5pm. I suppose that the workload for it is going to be quite light. Since it's only on alternate weeks that I have to do lab duty. Back to the computer lab, then over to my cousins' place to give tuition.
It was hard to teach after realising that someone has stolen what belongs to me. Anyway, called up a close friend of mine on my way home, ranted and ranted for 16 minutes. I had to end the call because I had reached home and the handphone reception in my house is horrible for the Singtel network. A big thank you to this particular friend who lent a listening ear and also to those I have ranted to in MSN, for lending listening eyes. Heh
Wednesday, 17 August 2005
A friend came over in the morning to get some of his work done. The CORS tutorial registration website was a disaster. I was lucky not to have to deal with the frustration of not being able to log in to the website and to face unloadable or unprocessable (if there's such a word) pages because I did not have any tutorials to bid for.
I went for a tan in the afternoon... I think I look better with a slight tan. Well, most people do anyway... healthier-looking I guess. A short one, followed by an early dinner of chicken rice at the nearby hawker center.
posted by notsniw at 3:15 PM
8 Comments:
winston:
actually, he can block one's ip. but if you know the works, you still can go into his site. that's what i did. 8P
meanwhile the merrymakin continues.
law > Wah. Can meh? Hmmm, did he say anything bad about me that I do not already know?
What I know:
1. He said I doctored the emails to make him look bad.
2. He said that I post at his shoutbox using a few nicks.
winston:
he saw all the msgs, and assumed they came solely from you. well, with his LIMITED programmin knowledge, he probably didn't realise the truth.
Huh... haiz...
what you might wish to know is, we know the code comes from you. like i've told you, this kind of person is despicable and CANNOT be forgiven. but ive seen you working hard on it, isnt it a pity to stop improvising it?
hope you feel better now... the past few days' been hard on you.
take care =)
-EteL
Well, so what if I improvise it? Someone will just come along and take what is mine and claim it as his...
Things will never be the same again for me...
Anyway, the smiley system is "perfect" to me when I implemented it in Version 3.0 of the FLASHbox. There's nothing more to add to it le.
fyi..
just took a look at his site again. think he has taken the flash down. at least for now. and i was correct: he argued on OPEN SOURCE.
as far as i'm concerned, it's only OPEN SOURCE, if the creator of the script/program consents to the external changes. else, credit should go where it's due.
and to MrBasic:
winston is not after you for money or anythin. at least a credit is fair. he wasn't afraid to tell you where he started his work from. that to me, is OPEN SOURCE.
granted, both of you took stuff from Jolan and elsewhere. but it's too coincidental that parts of your proggie are exact duplications of his work.
at least some recognition should be due, in that he was the first to place those square smilies into the shoutbox. takin it down does not reduce your liability in plagliarism.
hope it'd be a good lesson learn for everyone, including winston.
Ah... yes, lesson learnt...
More updates later.
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