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Have you contacted Samsung about this issue? Any response? Do you have a copyright, Trademark, Patent on this code? Please consult with a Copyright/IP lawyer

Have you contacted Samsung about this issue? Any response? Do you have a copyright, Trademark, Patent on this code? Please consult with a Copyright/IP lawyer as soon as you can. A simple letter from a lawyer may result in action from Samsung. Copyright lawsuits are not fun and can take years and lots of money. Do what you can now for as cheap as you can.

dmitrygr 7y ago
I have not yet contacted them. Code includes a license that is incompatible with Apache (the license they are distributing under) I just found out today when someone emailed me with a link. I license my tiny jvm out to companies, and one client who was about to sign a contract for a license emailed me with a link to this asking why pay me when there is a similar project out for free, so not only did they deprive me of income, they are handing my non-free code out for free! Do you have an IP lawyer to recommend?
- sarcasmatwork 7y ago
  Sounds like you have a good claim for infringement here.. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright I went with a lawyer in state, and I'm on the west coast. I hope you can get someone that will give you a free consultation (most do) and can actually help. This road can be long and very expensive fyi.
- rabidonrails 7y ago
  I wouldn't be as worried about this taking lots of money quite yet. Get an intro to a firm and see what they say.
- seanwilson 7y ago
  Before discussing lawyers and how much they're going to cost... why don't you just contact the developers first to get their side of the story and their suggested resolution? You're using really emotive language like "ripped off" and "taunt" and assigning malice to this without knowing the whole picture. To give them the benefit of the doubt, a developer likely made a mistake in understanding or checking your license. The mention of you being the author is probably their (incorrect) attempt to follow your license and not an attempt to taunt you. It's unlikely there was some conspiracy at the upper levels of Samsung to steal your code.
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  - dmitrygr 7y ago
    wouldn't contacting them give them a chance to destroy evidence that would have helped a legal case?
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    - guillerodriguez 7y ago
      You can clone their github repo first.
      - sarcasmatwork 7y ago
        ^Yes! Gather the evidence, then contact Samsung and advise them you're an individual with a product that they stole the IP. If you call (1-800-726-7864) tell them you're recording it too as they probably are. if you email, chat etc.. Collect the digital trail of evidence.
- laken 7y ago
  Not defending Samsung, but it doesn't seem like they're redistributing your code under the Apache license, rather the rest of the project under that license. In the COPYING file they have your license in there, under the files that appear to be yours, as an exception of being under the Apache license. https://github.com/Samsung/uJVM/blob/master/COPYING https://github.com/Samsung/uJVM/blob/master/COPYING So this means that in the example you shared, you could just link them to the /COPYING and say that you'd still have to get those files re-licensed under your terms, as it's still not free.
  - dmitrygr 7y ago
    They claim their project was Apache license. How can something be Apache license if its very core is not?

dmitrygr 7y ago

I have not yet contacted them. Code includes a license that is incompatible with Apache (the license they are distributing under) I just found out today when someone emailed me with a link. I license my tiny jvm out to companies, and one client who was about to sign a contract for a license emailed me with a link to this asking why pay me when there is a similar project out for free, so not only did they deprive me of income, they are handing my non-free code out for free! Do you have an IP lawyer to recommend?

sarcasmatwork 7y ago
Sounds like you have a good claim for infringement here.. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright I went with a lawyer in state, and I'm on the west coast. I hope you can get someone that will give you a free consultation (most do) and can actually help. This road can be long and very expensive fyi.
rabidonrails 7y ago
I wouldn't be as worried about this taking lots of money quite yet. Get an intro to a firm and see what they say.
seanwilson 7y ago
Before discussing lawyers and how much they're going to cost... why don't you just contact the developers first to get their side of the story and their suggested resolution? You're using really emotive language like "ripped off" and "taunt" and assigning malice to this without knowing the whole picture. To give them the benefit of the doubt, a developer likely made a mistake in understanding or checking your license. The mention of you being the author is probably their (incorrect) attempt to follow your license and not an attempt to taunt you. It's unlikely there was some conspiracy at the upper levels of Samsung to steal your code.
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- dmitrygr 7y ago
  wouldn't contacting them give them a chance to destroy evidence that would have helped a legal case?
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  - guillerodriguez 7y ago
    You can clone their github repo first.
    - sarcasmatwork 7y ago
      ^Yes! Gather the evidence, then contact Samsung and advise them you're an individual with a product that they stole the IP. If you call (1-800-726-7864) tell them you're recording it too as they probably are. if you email, chat etc.. Collect the digital trail of evidence.
laken 7y ago
Not defending Samsung, but it doesn't seem like they're redistributing your code under the Apache license, rather the rest of the project under that license. In the COPYING file they have your license in there, under the files that appear to be yours, as an exception of being under the Apache license. https://github.com/Samsung/uJVM/blob/master/COPYING https://github.com/Samsung/uJVM/blob/master/COPYING So this means that in the example you shared, you could just link them to the /COPYING and say that you'd still have to get those files re-licensed under your terms, as it's still not free.
- dmitrygr 7y ago
  They claim their project was Apache license. How can something be Apache license if its very core is not?