I will not “show respect” to the man willfully copying someone else’s hard work for years and refusing to commit the 50 seconds of time it would take to credit her for it. He’s had every opportunity to make this right and instead is continuing to obfuscate and drag his feet to avoid abiding by the incredibly straight-forward terms of the license.

Yeah, the less than 1 minute it would take you to abide by the license as you promised 2 months ago is a real killer. So many more important things that take priority over giving her credit after 3 years of pilfering her hard work.

Yeah it’s really impressive how he’s mastered obfuscation and how his sycophants line up to kiss his feet. So smooth.

Where does the zlib license say you need to label specific files or sections of the code? Here, I’ll make it easy for you - Please point to the part that says this…

Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Emma 

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
   claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
   in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
   appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
   misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

Great job providing cover for the man’s plagiarism. Brilliant.

When I get caught stealing from the cookie jar and lie about making amends, I know I could really use someone like you in my corner, explaining to everyone how brave and courageous I actually am for taking the lady’s cookies and laughing in her face when she asks me to acknowledge she baked them. After all, writing that thank you note would get in the way of my super important work. I just have too much to do to waste time acknowledging people’s labor while I stuff their cookies in my mouth.

All he’s said in this thread is that he’s not giving her the credit he promised to give her because he would have to “label sections of the code” which 1. Isn’t true (read the zlib license for yourself) and 2. Would not be any kind of a roadblock if it were true.

Please don’t derail the thread with this accusation, you’re not helping. Stick to the topic at hand (the license being willfully violated) and don’t speculate.

No, a cis man telling a trans woman he’ll give her credit for her hard work “today” and still making strained excuses to avoid doing it 2 months later isn’t problematic at all. How dare you drag his good name through the mud? Don’t you see how hard he’s working to have his people slightly reword her code so he can avoid having to name her in the codebase?

Gosh, how long did it take you to type that long reply explaining you’re too busy to copy a license file over to kbin? It takes less than a minute to do. Copy the file. Commit. That’s it.

You’re shifting the blame. Ernest promised a quick resolution 2 months ago and didn’t follow through. I don’t use kbin, I only use Postmill, so expecting me to clean up his mess isn’t a reasonable ask.

It would take him less time to copy/paste the license file than it took him to write his latest feet-dragging comment here.

May I ask why you haven’t added the copyright notice to make kbin compliant while your volunteers are in the process of eliminating all of Postmill’s code from the code base?

“Inspired” is not an honest term. You’re using someone else’s code, so abide by the license they use, or remove their code from your project until you’re ready to follow the license. You started lifting Postmill’s code several years ago now and have had sooo much time to set things right but keep dragging your feet.

This isn’t a school project, you’re gaining financially from someone else’s hard work without abiding by their (incredibly permissive) FOSS license and opening yourself up to serious legal action.

It really is ridiculous. It’s such a small ask to give credit where it’s due.