Maui X-Stream: GPL Violations, Lies, and Damn Lies

Jeremy writes "Drunkenbatman is at it again. This time he takes apart Maui X-Stream and all the who and whats that go along with it. Deconstructing Maui X-Stream has GPL Violations with reproducable proof (not done this myself), chat logs, and double talk from the CEO's and supposed authors of the software."

Haven't we looked at this before?

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought it turned out that they were following the GPL by providing source.

The source may have been provided in a locked filing cabinet inside a disused toilet with a sign on the door saying "beward of the leopard", but it was made available.

I'm intrigued by this offer.

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been looking into aquiring a shit covered leopard. Where might I find this toilet?

Legal threats.

[Oscar_Wilde]

Is it just me or do articles starting with copies of letters from lawyers always turn out to be good?

Join in the supposed slander and libel

[FidelCatsro]

If they want to sue this man for slander , well then they can also sue me for libel. From what i have just read it is fairly aparent that the *cough* makers*cough*/gpl-violaters of chery OS have done it again and are trying to abuse the gpl once more .

To MXS
To me your company (MXS) is nothing but a bunch of liers and plagerists .Anyone buying your products should realise this and realise that they are funding an organisation with no ethics and a dubious reputation .
If i am wrong and your honest(which i doubt) then i apoligise but from what ive seen today just shows more evidence that you should be taken to court for this .

Your Sincerly
Fidel-catsro(A.K.A G.T.K) .....
If they want to take Drunkenbatman to court then i say we all join in and acuse them and see who far they get trying to take us all to court .
I havn't had time to fully read overevery last bit of his findings (fairly lengthy read and rather well done) but from what i have seen it looks like they didn't learn the first time.

In the immortal words of Bill Lawry...

[scum-e-bag]

Got him, yes, piss off, you're out!

Legal Shmotice

[rakolam]

Dear drunkenbatman:

It has come to my attention that you have acknowledged the giant pink elephant in the room. As you neither asked for nor received permission to acknowledge my client's said pink elephant nor to publish any information describing or defining said pink elephant, I believe you have willfully infringed my client's rights under 17 B.S. Section 1 and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $99,(many zeros) as set forth in Section 1234 therein.

I demand that you immediately cease acknowledging the pink elephant and that you deliver to me, if applicable all pictures, descriptions, and big steaming turds you have unlawfully made notice of.

If I have not received an affirmative response from you by 1 second prior to you reading this, indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall take further action against you.

Very truly yours,
Arden & Jim

Re:In the immortal words of Bill Lawry...

[Anonymous Coward]

Australians will immediately moderate this as funny... otherwise, it's just not cricket!

Re:The problem is the penalty

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the thing - the GPL basically has no teeth. Who is going to stop CherryOS? Is Linux Torvalds going to dress in traditional Viking battle gear and bash down their front door?

I don't think so.

Uh oh

[jalefkowit]

Drunkenbatman is at it again...

Well, that would explain why Robin's been in the shower all day muttering "won't come off... so dirty..."

Re:I'm intrigued by this offer.

[Vo0k]

In the basement of the town hall. Be cautious, there is no stairs and the light is out.

Re:Join in the supposed slander and libel

[harrkev]

That is what the Copyright Commandos are for. They are a special branch of the military.

Re:Haven't we looked at this before?

[maxwell demon]

Well, the computing equivalent would probably be: In an encrypted file stored in sectors marked as unused in the file system, on a hard disc labelled "Warning: Virus infected!"
Ah, and of course the superblock had gone. As well as the partition table.

Great article

[strider44]

again, great article and all, but wouldn't it have been just quicker to list the open source projects that haven't been ripped off by MXS?

Re:overwhelming evidence! Great article!

[rob_squared]

As any prisoner will tell you, pulling their pants down is only the first step.

Then explain this.

[Anonymous Coward]

While these 2 groups may coincide to some extent, they do not completely coincide. There are members of Group B that are not also members of Group A.

And those 2 people thank you for pointing that out.

Re:Legal threats.

[Monkelectric]

Thats funny, for me the article started out with "The attempt to contact drunkenblog.com timed out"

To honor drunkenbatman...

[EccentricAnomaly]

I propose that we coin a new term for obsessive investigative reporting that heavily uses the internet: "to go DrunkenBatman on someone" :)