[theme-reviewers] Nifty theme: copyright infringement

[Emil Uzelac]

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Emil


On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com> wrote:

> Justin,
>
> For plugins I can't do anything, however the Theme has been suspended from
> directory.
> I will note the last ticket as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Emil
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Justin Tadlock <justin at justintadlock.com>wrote:
>
>> I was looking for the WordPress plugins email address but couldn't find
>> it.  I know Otto reads this list, so I just wanted to point out that the
>> same guy has copied my code and is passing it off as his own in some
>> plugins too.
>>
>> Breadcrumbs Plus:
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/**plugins/breadcrumbs-plus/<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumbs-plus/>
>>
>> Is a copy of my Breadcrumb Trail:
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/**plugins/breadcrumb-trail<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumb-trail>
>>
>> And, Improving Caption:
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/**plugins/improving-caption/<http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/improving-caption/>
>>
>> Is a copy of my Cleaner Caption:
>> https://github.com/**justintadlock/hybrid-core/**blob/master/extensions/*
>> *cleaner-caption.php<https://github.com/justintadlock/hybrid-core/blob/master/extensions/cleaner-caption.php>
>>
>> The guy has a few other plugins, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were
>> copied from other people's code as well.
>>
>>
>> On 1/4/2013 1:04 AM, Justin Tadlock wrote:
>>
>>> I hate to bring topics up like this because it saddens me that these
>>> sort of things are still happening in the WP community.  But, I must do it
>>> in this case.
>>>
>>> I wanted the mods to be aware that the Nifty theme is blatantly copying
>>> my Prototype theme and Hybrid Core framework without proper attribution.
>>>
>>> Nifty theme link:
>>> http://wordpress.org/extend/**themes/nifty<http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/nifty>
>>>
>>> Prototype theme link:
>>> http://wordpress.org/extend/**themes/prototype<http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/prototype>
>>>
>>> Most, but not all, of my copyright notices have been removed from the
>>> code.  Many copyright notices have been replaced with the theme author's
>>> name as well.
>>>
>>> I can give a full, line-by-line report of the code if I need to sometime
>>> tomorrow.  But, my guess is that anyone that takes a look at both themes
>>> and their code can see that it's clear.
>>>
>>
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