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#276
Originally Posted by smoku View Post
I'm not angry. I got used to people copying my blog posts.

And if someone just copy-paste my blog post at his site and signs by his name, I call it by name: plagiarism. It does not matter what reasoning you have. Even if you do it in good will, it is still plagiarism.
Tomasz,

For the third (and last) time: the news fully credits you with your full name and links directly to your blog. Hence, saying that I plagiarised it is simply ridiculous. Please refer to any definition of 'plagiarism' if it can take place when one EXPLICITLY mentions the author and place of the original publication. In such case, it is a QUOTE, not a plagiarism. I didn't link just to the file or the repository where the actual program is available like virtually all other sites do; I posted your full name as the author and linked to your blog, the source of the news. Why don't you finally notice the difference.

I already wrote that in case of such a short, one sentence long information it's not really possible, nor does it make much sense, to try to use different wording. And I think that just using different wording to say the same would actually be WORSE than quoting you directly. THAT would be using your text and pretending its someone elses.

I also wrote that having no possibility to try the emulator myself (due to not having any PSX games and not wanting to use pirate copies) I could only rely on YOUR information about the program. It'd be dishonest if I wrote something I didn't test myself, hence I quoted you, the AUTHOR.

It is sad that you are blind to ANY arguments. But you apparently are, so it doesn't really make sense to continue this discussion. I got several messages from people saying that while you are a great programmer, at the same time you are clearly a person not really able to normally discuss such things so I should just ignore you. And it turns out that they are right, so I will follow their suggestions. You haven't even answered to any of my posts (while you commented on everyone else's), clearly showing everyone that you won't talk with such a nobody like myself. Tough guy! Normally I'd expect an apology for what you said, but in your case it's like utopia.

The only thing I'd like to add is that if you are so allergic to quoting you, you should consider INFORMING about it in some noticeable way (like e.g. a small note in your blog), or else people just can't know it and won't guess it as it is a rare disease no one else suffers. Some developers pay money for being quoted and linked to.

In last words, let me congratulate you on your programming skills (Maemo definitely needs developers like you and such great releases) and suggest you to think twice before calling people thieves and such, especially those whose only intention was to promote your work for free.

Take care,
Michal Jerz
My-Maemo.com & My-Symbian.com