The Liar Schestowitz wrote:
With
search engines gaining popularity, information can more easily be found by
those who do research on a topic. The more transparency we achieve, the less
corrupt society will/can become.
From: Mark Kent
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: [News] Google Shuts Down Open Source Project
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:33:43 +0000
Message-ID: <740o34-jtb.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ian Semmel <anyoneNOJ...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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> "Mark Kent" <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:g3cl34-e5f.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> begin oe_protect.scr
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Google has sent a cease and desist.
>>>
>>> gaia - opensource 3D interface to the planet
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Meet gaia, an attempt to reverse engineer famous Google Earth and
>>>| implement its functionality in open, portable, customizable and
>>>| extendable way.
>>>|
>>>| 25 November 2006, we've got the letter from Michael Jones, the
>>>| Chief Technologist of Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Local
>>>| search, requesting us to cease reverse engineering and improper
>>>| usage of licensed data that Google Earth use. We understand and
>>>| respect Google's position on the case, so we've removed all
>>>| downloads from this page and we ask everybody who have ever
>>>| downloaded gaia 0.1.0 and prior versions to delete all filesc
>>>| oncerned with the project, which include source code, binary
>>>| files and image cache (~/.gaia).
>>>|
>>>| The project may continue it's life as opensource 3D earth
>>>| viewer with GPS support, but without support Google Earth
>>>| imagery. We are sorry.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://gaia.serezhkin.com/index.html
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>> I didn't think that reverse engineering was wrong?
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> Sometimes it's called theft.
Only by people who are ignorant.
> Stealing the intellectual property of others.
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There's no such thing as intellectual property.
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