Re: FLASH: No more demo FLAs

[Waldo Smeets]

Hi Branden,


those comanies must be ashamed! It's really not nice what they did and I blame them.


But to be honest, I'm sad about the fact that you "punish" us for the fact that

others have stolen your work. Isn't there another way to punish THEM? It's like

punishing a whol school class for something 1 child that and that couldn't be

avoided by the others....


Isn't there someone on the list who knows how to solve this "problem"?


Waldo




Branden Hall schreef:


> Hey folks...

>         It has come to my attention recently that two "companies" are using code

> from some of the demo FLAs in their online portfolios without any mention of

> my name or Fig Leaf Software.  This is not cool.  I have written numerous

> demos FLAs and released them to the flash community for people to learn

> from.  I really enjoy doing this and love to see the stuff in use on peoples

> site (mainly because I have always recieved a nice little mention in the

> credits, thats all I want!) The cases I have been dealing with today are

> different...  the companies in question are portraying my code as their

> own...  no mention of my name or anything at all.  They are trying to show

> off thier talent and creativity, while all they are really doing is showing

> their ability to shove new graphics onto my code, nothing else has changed.

> This is ridiculous... and to put it in personal terms.. it hurts.

>         In light of this I have decided to no longer release any fully operable

> demo FLA files.  Anything I release in the future will be in the form of

> code snippets or conceptual examples.  I will continue supporting the Flash

> community and keep working on my Branden's Brain article series, in fact

> there will be a new issue next week.  I wish I could say I was mad at this

> situation, but I'm not, I'm just saddened by it.

>

> -= Branden J. Hall

> -= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

> -= Fig Leaf Software

>

> p.s.

> I certain flasher emailed me a sample they made using my code asking if they

> could use it in their portfolio.  I responded saying that it would go

> against my wishes but that I knew the ultimate decision was up to them. I

> would just like to publically thank that person for asking.  It shows real

> integrity, something that the sites I dealt with today do not seem to have.

>

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