[theme-reviewers] Nifty theme: copyright infringement

[Justin Tadlock]

Thanks, Emil.  It looks like someone took care of the plugins.  I'll add 
that email to my address book.

On 1/4/2013 2:08 AM, Emil Uzelac wrote:
> for plugins: plugins at wordpress.org <mailto:plugins at wordpress.org>
>
> Emil
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Emil Uzelac <emil at themeid.com 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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/
>
>         Is a copy of my Breadcrumb Trail:
>         http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumb-trail
>
>         And, 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
>
>         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
>
>             Prototype theme link:
>             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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