RE: FLASH: No more demo FLAs

[Gonzalez, Manuel (MCG) - CPC]

Branden,


Keep it Real, thier is a reason why they used your script...It simply bad

as***

It's to bad they didn't give you props for your work, but look at it this

way, can they actually provide what they claim they can do?


  I'm actively seeking opportunities here in S.F., CA. and let me tell

you...theirs alot of perpatrators, alot of Mom and Pop web site designers

trying to cash in on this Flash explosion, but when it comes down to it, all

they know or percieve is what you and others have taught them, or what they

have stolen and claimed thiers.

  Sure they can steall the Idea but can they actually take the code and

manipulate it to do what the client wants....Thats the real question in

mind...Let perps. be perps, keep doing what makes you happy and don't let

those Co's get you down...I really don't mind if you abolish your

flas.files, hey it would keep the competition down. (hehe)  


-----Original Message-----

From: Waldo Smeets [

w [dot] smeetsstud [dot] tue [dot] nl (mailto:w [dot] smeetsstud [dot] tue [dot] nl)

]

Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 5:09 PM

To:

flasherchinwag [dot] com

Subject: Re: FLASH: No more demo FLAs



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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