paulscode
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I was recently made aware that some branches of my app (Mupen64Plus, Android Edition.. a port of Mupen64Plus to Android), published by a couple of other developers, were taken down from Google Play after an individual named Michael T. (For privacy reasons, I'm not writing his full last name), filed a DMCA claim with Google. In it he cited the following copyright violation:
Despite the fact that one of the targets was an individual who did the same thing to me and I was certainly not sad to see him go, this still concerns me a great deal. Since Mupen64Plus is released under the GNU General Public License Version 2, and the developers released the full source code for their apps, I do not understand what term of the license was violated. The statement implies that attaching an adware system to a project is a violation of the GPL. I do not see anywhere in the license that indicates this. I suspect this wasn't the only problem that Michael had with the apps, though, because one of the apps he had taken down didn't have adware in it.
I have a couple of questions, perhaps some folks on here may know:
1) Is there an individual named Michael on the Mupen64Plus dev team? (I would assume he goes by a developer alias if so) I want to rule out the possibility that this individual was just pretending to represent Mupen64Plus and abusing the DMCA for whatever reason.
2) Specifically, which term in the GPL was violated (I assume there were different violations for each app cited, since like I mentioned not all of the apps had adware in them)
3) Does anyone on the Mupen64Plus dev team have a problem with my app (Mupen64Plus, AE)? If so, what specifically, and what do you want to see done to correct it?
These developers have stolen our source code and rereleased it as an app filled with adware. He has violated our Code License.
Despite the fact that one of the targets was an individual who did the same thing to me and I was certainly not sad to see him go, this still concerns me a great deal. Since Mupen64Plus is released under the GNU General Public License Version 2, and the developers released the full source code for their apps, I do not understand what term of the license was violated. The statement implies that attaching an adware system to a project is a violation of the GPL. I do not see anywhere in the license that indicates this. I suspect this wasn't the only problem that Michael had with the apps, though, because one of the apps he had taken down didn't have adware in it.
I have a couple of questions, perhaps some folks on here may know:
1) Is there an individual named Michael on the Mupen64Plus dev team? (I would assume he goes by a developer alias if so) I want to rule out the possibility that this individual was just pretending to represent Mupen64Plus and abusing the DMCA for whatever reason.
2) Specifically, which term in the GPL was violated (I assume there were different violations for each app cited, since like I mentioned not all of the apps had adware in them)
3) Does anyone on the Mupen64Plus dev team have a problem with my app (Mupen64Plus, AE)? If so, what specifically, and what do you want to see done to correct it?