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My name and email address is the very last thing in the Waze about box, because they used some code I open sourced. Turns out it's the only email address anywhe

My name and email address is the very last thing in the Waze about box, because they used some code I open sourced. Turns out it's the only email address anywhere in the app. Thanks to this, I get about a dozen emails a week from people asking for Waze help. (Lots more when Waze changes something, like hardware support for a particular device!) I've tried contacting Google (either to get these people help, or to get my email address removed...) with no luck. I empathize with Daniel. It's an unexpected downside to open sourcing something and asking for credit.

cwkoss 11y ago
That's a great way to phish Waze users!
- bigiain 11y ago
  I'd be really tempted to set up an autoresponder looking at inbound mail for telltale keywords that sent back: Dear Waze User, We're sorry to inform you that Waze has been acquired, is shutting down - we'll be closing the service at the end of the month and your app will cease working. No new features or bugfixes will be deployed to the app. For a list of alternative apps, please use this link: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Waze+alternatives https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Waze+alternatives Paid users should contact SergeyBrin@google.com for refunds. Sorry about that, and thanks for your support, The Waze Team.
dsymonds 11y ago
What license did you give Waze for using your code? Your repo (I'm guessing https://github.com/robterrell/TVOutManager? https://github.com/robterrell/TVOutManager?) doesn't mention the license, so Waze either shouldn't be using it, or you've specified some license to them directly. Did you pick a license with an attribution-required clause?
- mcpherrinm 11y ago
  The last item in the Waze about box is indeed for TVOutManager.
DannyBee 11y ago
I've emailed you privately about getting your email address removed. In general, Google is going to give credit to open source developers whose code it uses.

cwkoss 11y ago

That's a great way to phish Waze users!

bigiain 11y ago
I'd be really tempted to set up an autoresponder looking at inbound mail for telltale keywords that sent back: Dear Waze User, We're sorry to inform you that Waze has been acquired, is shutting down - we'll be closing the service at the end of the month and your app will cease working. No new features or bugfixes will be deployed to the app. For a list of alternative apps, please use this link: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Waze+alternatives https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Waze+alternatives Paid users should contact SergeyBrin@google.com for refunds. Sorry about that, and thanks for your support, The Waze Team.

dsymonds 11y ago

What license did you give Waze for using your code? Your repo (I'm guessing https://github.com/robterrell/TVOutManager? https://github.com/robterrell/TVOutManager?) doesn't mention the license, so Waze either shouldn't be using it, or you've specified some license to them directly. Did you pick a license with an attribution-required clause?

mcpherrinm 11y ago
The last item in the Waze about box is indeed for TVOutManager.

DannyBee 11y ago

I've emailed you privately about getting your email address removed. In general, Google is going to give credit to open source developers whose code it uses.