Rip Report
Friday, September 27, 2002 by davad70 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Ok, this is a first for me. It appears that the author of this skin https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=2832 has ripped elements from my 500RS skin https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=2634
Obviously to me the similarities are obvious, but to someone else it may not be so obvious.
I gave the author an opportunity to own up to his theft by commenting on the skin that some parts of it looked very obvious. He responded with the following email.
What part/parts of my RedLine skin are you concerned
about? I'll be happy to change whatever bothers you.
Everything in the skin seems pretty generic to me.
This email only made me more determined to prove that he had ripped my "generic" work, so I downloaded the skin and compared bitmaps of several elements (scrollarrows, proglist sep, tabs, tray arrow). Obviously if you compare them, you will see that they are identical, but recolored.
If he would have just admitted to the theft and apologized I would have given him the opportunity to remove the skin quietly.
Obviously to me the similarities are obvious, but to someone else it may not be so obvious.
I gave the author an opportunity to own up to his theft by commenting on the skin that some parts of it looked very obvious. He responded with the following email.
What part/parts of my RedLine skin are you concerned
about? I'll be happy to change whatever bothers you.
Everything in the skin seems pretty generic to me.
This email only made me more determined to prove that he had ripped my "generic" work, so I downloaded the skin and compared bitmaps of several elements (scrollarrows, proglist sep, tabs, tray arrow). Obviously if you compare them, you will see that they are identical, but recolored.
If he would have just admitted to the theft and apologized I would have given him the opportunity to remove the skin quietly.
davad70
Reply #2 Friday, September 27, 2002 2:06 AM
Reply #2 Friday, September 27, 2002 2:06 AM
yeah, I was thinking the same thing, but he's been around long enough to know better than that.
Thanks for your prompt attention dave.
Thanks for your prompt attention dave.
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Reply #1 Friday, September 27, 2002 2:01 AM
it's gone now.