Script Usage

Is this person allowed to continue using my script

[Jeff_H]

I offer a PHP on my script on my site. When someone adds it to their website it allows users to interact with it. When I first released it I said "don't remove this header, don't distribute editted copies" at the top of the code.

Soon after I added a copyright line at the bottom "powered by blah" linked to my script info page and added a text file with the PHP file that said don't remove the copyright line.

If someone downloaded the script before I added the copyright line and license agreement can I require them (are they legally obligated by copyright or whatnot) to either add the line or remove the script from my website if I ask them to?

[mack]

In theory the script is copyright property of the person who wrote it, even if it does not have a copyright statement on it.

If I was you I would contacy the people who are running your script and ask then to download and install the upgraded version.

Mack.

[Jeff_H]

I had contacted them and while they didn't let go without a fight, they have at last removed the script from their site.

[MonkeeSage]

I could be mistaken -- I'm not in any way qualified to give legal advice -- but as I understand things, in so far as the person complys with the terms of use presented in the license, they are free to use it. I think that by making the script public originally, it was considered to be in a "as is" condition, meaning they only have to comply with the terms of use in their copy to use that copy.

So I think that unless one of the terms was 'the contents of this script are subject to revision without prior notice' (or something to that effect), you can't really do much (except ask nicely).

If you did include a term of use like that in the original license, then they have to honor your revisions or else stop using it.

Again -- I could very well be wrong -- but I think that's how it works.

Jordan

[Jeff_H]

Ok, thanks. I've tightened up my license agreement, and will definately not make this mistake in the future. I was lucky this time I suppose, since the webmaster took it down.

(ok ok, it's not that big of a deal, but still)