[imp] What is JAWmail? How ot related to IMP?

[Ibarra, Michael]

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From: Rudi Benkovic [mailto:rudib@email.si]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:54 AM
To: Ibarra, Michael
Cc: imp@lists.horde.org; 'horde@lists.org';
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Subject: Re: [imp] What is JAWmail? How ot related to IMP?


On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, 2:28:07 PM, Ibarra, Michael wrote:

> This looks like a TOTAL ripoff of Horde/Imp to me. I've visited
> the website and I did not even see any mention whatsoever to
> Horde, not even a thank you!

>docs/README. It's a bit outdated, but ... It's there.

Oh, sorry, I didn't look in the obscure places.

>  If you change the "theme" or
> skin/whatever, isn't it still technically Horde? Why don't you
> just start a "skins" frontend, or add a plug-in, or just rewrite
> your own app altogether?

>THIS IS NOT HORDE OR IMP. It is written from the ground up. If you
>don't know how the Open Source/Free Software development model goes,
>please stop moanin'.

Reminds me of a Cheech and Chong skit. If it looks, smells and taste like
something...

> Nonetheless, it seems like a far
> distant cousin to what the Horde Team has done lately, Good
> luck.

>It's not a cousin. It's just a project that aims form similiar goals.
>Is it wrong if it _looks_ similiar? Is the design of the user
>interface of Horde copyrighted? No? Okay.

Look, you wrote this for fun, then why not give credit to those who
rightfully deserve it. If nothing else, at least give credit to the front
end designers. On one hand you defend yourself under OS/FSF
then on the other hand you make excuses stating that no copyrights
exists. Well?

-mike