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Sosumi copied? So sue me!
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Just noticed that there is a new version of Sosumi on Resexcellence today. It wasn't released by Kevin/Zimphire/Sinewave) so I was just wondering if it was sanctioned or stolen or pirated or what? Maybe it was someone that ported it over from the Windoze version without knowing there ever was an original OSX version. I think the new blue looks terrible especially compared to the old blue, but maybe it will make all the old Sosumi lovers happy.
New Sosumi...
Original Sosumi....
P.S. The subject line of this thread is a cute pun, not a confession. I didn't do it.... and if I did I would have removed all the blue... you know that!
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Well, I finally couldn't take not knowing anymore and downloaded it.... the answers to my questions were in the ReadMe. Kevin is going to be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed!
ReadMe;
-Sosumi for Jaguar by Jimmy Thorsell (darkstar@gnu-darwin.org)
-original version for 10.1 by Kevin Knopp.
-before that: unknown.
I just fixed upp the graphics a bit and added some Jag-specific stuff
into the theme. hope you enjoy it.
90% of the cred for the graphics go to Kevin who i unfortunately
havent been able to reach.
Tará
/ Jimmy
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Speaking of the themes posted today on ResExcellence...
Aren't those scrollbars straight from Max's Brushed theme? Max, did you give him permission to use those?
(Not that I'd use this "Quaker" theme anyway... way too frieky)
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Originally posted by Sage:
Speaking of the themes posted today on ResExcellence...
Aren't those scrollbars straight from Max's Brushed theme? Max, did you give him permission to use those?
Yeah, there's a LOT more stuff in there besides the scrollbars that's lifted from 'Brushed' too! Some of it even still says 'Brushed'. Inside the Themescript and the .plist it says, "Made by Blake Stephens, www.TheResourceFork.com; and Max Rudberg, homepage.mac.com/max_08/"
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I am not pissed. I emailed both resex and the person who used my theme. I haven't received a reply from either though. It will be taken off the page.
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Originally posted by Zimphire:
I am not pissed. I emailed both resex and the person who used my theme. I haven't received a reply from either though. It will be taken off the page.
are you able to be reached if someone has the old sosume...is there info included...
not everyone knows of or bothers to come to this place...
you leave an old car in the barn to rust away...and in time you leave the farm behind...someone will come along and polish it up and put it in a showroom!
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Originally posted by Sage:
Speaking of the themes posted today on ResExcellence...
Aren't those scrollbars straight from Max's Brushed theme? Max, did you give him permission to use those?
(Not that I'd use this "Quaker" theme anyway... way too frieky)
i should leave this for max...but if you look close in certain places you would have seen that max is
one of his buddies and helped him get into theming...
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just thought i'd mention that i too have redone sosume...but a lot better than what's been done before...like pushbutton animation and such...thats how i practised...take a current them or not current theme and change things the way i would have maybe done it...
not tryin' to post boost...just keep on thinking of things...but than maybe i am...
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Welcome to the world of rip's & mod's. What a terrible world it is.
Sad thing is, you're going to see more and more of this happening. People just don't give a sh!t about authors or their wishes anymore.
Chris
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Originally posted by quandarry:
are you able to be reached if someone has the old sosume...is there info included...
not everyone knows of or bothers to come to this place...
you leave an old car in the barn to rust away...and in time you leave the farm behind...someone will come along and polish it up and put it in a showroom!
[edit: just checked the original beta seven i have...no email or web page mentioned.]
boy! i screwed this post up...heh
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Originally posted by quandarry:
i should leave this for max...but if you look close in certain places you would have seen that max is
one of his buddies and helped him get into theming...
Mm, okay. With all sincerity, I was just wondering-- Not trying to pin blame on someday prematurely. 
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Originally posted by quandarry:
are you able to be reached if someone has the old sosume...is there info included...
not everyone knows of or bothers to come to this place...
you leave an old car in the barn to rust away...and in time you leave the farm behind...someone will come along and polish it up and put it in a showroom!
But I hang out in the Resex forums. And no one has asked.. 
Originally posted by quandarry:
just thought i'd mention that i too have redone sosume...but a lot better than what's been done before...like pushbutton animation and such...thats how i practised...take a current them or not current theme and change things the way i would have maybe done it...
Send me it.
BTW the guy who runs ResEx was real nice about it. I told him not to worry about it. He seems to think he got off on the wrong foot with themers.
Wasn't really his fault.
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by the way zimphire...sosume has been my favorite theme since i first saw it...i often thought this is what apple should have made x look like...
but it seems the people at apple are really stubborn and went for eye candy instead of a good functional look...
you should update it or let someone else if you're not interested...
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i also made a theme for sosumi here:
red button, yellow button, green button, zombie face titlebar
front, back
pop-up, progress bar
textbox, load bar
radio buttons, checkboxes
ok, cancel, slider
scrollbars, left and right arrows, resize corner
end of window
except i call text-sumi. this is just a preview. the entire version will be out next summer. i still have to get the grammar and spell check done.
i use text park.
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this amused me to no end. thank you.
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Originally posted by kmkkid:
Welcome to the world of rip's & mod's. What a terrible world it is.
Sad thing is, you're going to see more and more of this happening. People just don't give a sh!t about authors or their wishes anymore.
I've been burned repeatedly by Wintel dweebs. It seems to be a bigger problem over there. Luckily I'm buying a PC and creating my own ports on the XP side of the fence (mybe some original stuff too - can do a lot more on a PC these days (sad as that is).
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Wow. I finally got the pun, after staring at it in the topics list for days. Funny. 
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This is kind of unrelated, but I too have been ripped off of... and the rip off was totally successful!
Here is the rip: its a cell phone theme... Yes, it is sad when you are ripped off of by someone who took your image and made it the background for a cell phone.
Here is the theme page. I couldn't believe when I saw that it had been downloaded 5086 times. My stupid original was probably downloaded a zillionth of that.
Here is my original desktop on ResEx, old and crusty, from April 2002. (Scroll down to the swirly blue pic by Alexander Wolf.)
I found this all out tonight when I was reading a review of the phone that the theme was for. Low and behold, one of the example photos in the review is using that theme! Then, I emailed the reviewer (he was very nice) and he led me to the theme. So, I emailed the theme guy and asked where he found the swirl image. Of course I know where its from, but I would sure love a funny response as if he did it himself!
Its stupid and Im overreacting, but its so uncommon (to me) so I figured I would contribute to this thread. Its not even that nice of a picture, lol!
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Originally posted by kmkkid:
Welcome to the world of rip's & mod's. What a terrible world it is.
Sad thing is, you're going to see more and more of this happening. People just don't give a sh!t about authors or their wishes anymore.
Chris
I'm sorry but this is a load of crap. All you themers do is take APPLE'S GUI and modify it! What's the difference when someone takes YOURS and modifies it? 
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Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
I'm sorry but this is a load of crap. All you themers do is take APPLE'S GUI and modify it! What's the difference when someone takes YOURS and modifies it?
We all start with the same thing.
If Apple wants to go after people for modifying Aqua, the have ever right to. It's their work.
IMHO of course.
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Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
I'm sorry but this is a load of crap. All you themers do is take APPLE'S GUI and modify it! What's the difference when someone takes YOURS and modifies it?
Actually no, we take Apples GUI pieces which are in place and replace the contents with our own. Unless it is something which is improving on Apples design (which are much needed and appreciated).
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I have to agree with swiz, unless one is making an aqua variation... a purely original theme is not AT ALL a modification of aqua elements, but an all out replacement of aqua.
Therefore, an original work.
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Originally posted by Mrjinglesusa:
I'm sorry but this is a load of crap. All you themers do is take APPLE'S GUI and modify it! What's the difference when someone takes YOURS and modifies it?
I'm a windows skinner.
Oh and btw, after you spend years of your life making theme's then you can reply with such nonsense if you still wish to do so.
You're lucky people modify Apples resources or you'd be force fed the same crap Apple comes out with time and time again (panther *bleck*). Just my opinion of course but aqua is getting old.
Chris
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