{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194/events","html_url":"https://github.com/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194","id":53851172,"number":194,"title":"Community policy on listing resources that are plagiarised and violate the CC licence?","user":{"login":"svaksha","id":77602,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77602?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha","html_url":"https://github.com/svaksha","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/svaksha/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":20,"created_at":"2015-01-09T09:58:33Z","updated_at":"2015-01-10T07:59:34Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Ref: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/pull/192\r\n\r\nWith reference to the PR #192 that was merged today, does the Julia community have a policy on listing duplicate resources that involve plagiarism and also breaking the original CC licence by changing it to Apache? \r\n\r\nA quick comparision of `Julia.jl` with `awesome-julia` [1] by @melvin0008 tells me that less than a dozen listing of resources are different. TBH, I saw 'awesome-julia' some days ago and ignored it as I didnt want to kick up a fuss, but after seeing his PR, I realize I should not have ignored the plagiarism. It would have been nicer if @melvin0008) would have submitted a PR to `Julia.jl` for any links that he felt were missing - I've had folks submit PR's and merged all those who wanted to contribute.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, instead of contributing and collaborating, he (melvin) has chosen to break the license terms and indulge in blatant plagiarism - Since last week he has forked `Julia.jl` (I have a pic if you want proof), blatantly copied more resources (that I have spent years collecting) into his repo, broken the CC terms under which I publicly share the repo by changing the licence to Apache inorder to get himself listed on the Julialang website. JFTR, the CC-BY-NC-ND allows a licence change but not the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 (International), and I have intentionally chosen the latter licence to minimize/avoid such problems. \r\n\r\nOn a relevant note, I must mention that last month Stefan had emailed me asking if they could use Julia.jl as the basis for forming a list of unregistered packages and I was thrilled that it would be considered good enough. Fwiw, the core-devs didnt need my permission but I appreciate the fact that they are polite enough to ask. That said, I have no issues with folks who actually compete and create another awesome-* meme .. heck, I do too by curating a scientific Python resource repo (pythonidae) which is vastly different from `awesome-python` by @vinta and `pycrumbs`. \r\n\r\n@melvin0008, copying my (and other contributors) work by rearranging them on a single README page and changing the licence does not change the fact that you are disrespectful of other peoples efforts, have broken the CC license terms and by getting yourself listed on the Julialang website, the project has (unknowingly) provided legitimacy to someone who is has knowingly broken the Licence terms. That isnt how FOSS works, where breaking licences and/or plagiarism is taken seriously. \r\n\r\nThe same situation can arise with packages too, so I hope the Julia community responds pro-actively and also formulates some guidelines (or policy) while responding and dealing with Foss licencing and plagiarism issues in future.\r\n\r\nThanks for reading!\r\nBest, \r\n- svaksha.\r\n\r\n[1] The name `awesome-julia` isnt new btw. https://github.com/dantedurrman/awesome-julia, was started last year and the owner deleted it of his own accord instead of duplicating `Julia.jl`, which I appreciate than the licence change without permission and blatant plagiarism."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/comments/69447835","html_url":"https://github.com/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194#issuecomment-69447835","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/julialang.github.com/issues/194","id":69447835,"user":{"login":"melvin0008","id":5201724,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5201724?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008","html_url":"https://github.com/melvin0008","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melvin0008/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-10T07:59:34Z","updated_at":"2015-01-10T07:59:34Z","body":"@svaksha I'm not going to claim anything. \r\nAnd regarding the PR1 , my understanding is that if I take the initiative to add the links to IDE it shouldn't be a problem . \r\n"}}