HAhagbarddenstore·Feb 2, 2016
Now he's removing and renaming the issues I created regarding this: https://github.com/svnpenn/sage/issues/5
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2 sourcesSteven Penny is forcefully claiming ownership of MIT code
So, someone mentioned to me that Steven Penny is trying to claim the ownership of code which he did not write and code that's released under the MIT license.
So what did he do?
1. Renamed apt-cyg to sage (See commits on the 24th of January https://github.com/svnpenn/sage/commits/master)
2. Filed a DMCA takedown on the original repository https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/28ceb5f8dd70b1a7f92d3f9fae053f039b2883c4
There's a counter-DMCA takedown: https://github.com/github/dmca/commit/e74005839a278219774a8c53fd57c6574b607eb0
The original source on Google Code: https://apt-cyg.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/apt-cyg
So, let's get this to the top so the whole world can see what a major arsehole Steven Penny is.
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