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Stealing Code?

(From CptSiskoX) FreshDevices.com's FreshUI 1.0 is based on Xteq Systems' X-Setup. Look at: Information \ Microsoft Plus! in FreshUI then compare it to the option X-Setup has had for several versions in the past year or more – located within
X-Setup here: Information \ Applications \ Microsoft Plus! Check. The wording
of the final item “Plus! 2000″ in FreshUI was obviously copied directly from
the existing X-Setup plug-in. Technically, Plus! 2000 is officially called
“Plus! Game Pack” – only X-Setup has referred to it as “Plus! 2000″ in our
software. Therefore, this proves they (FreshDevices.com) copied it from
Xteq Systems' X-Setup and is what I consider to be irrefutable evidence.

There are several other options just like this, with identical text, even
certain typos were copied from X-Setup to FreshUI in perfect clarity and
detail. Since they did obviously rip it off from X-Setup (the
options / plug-ins of X-Setup are all viewable in Notepad, but copywritten),
they should at least credit Xteq Systems X-Setup as their source and ask
Xteq for permission. It would be analogous to someone copying a website
word for word, in every detail, identically, and only changing the
background or fonts, etc. and posting it as their own work, or someone
copying the content of a magazine or e-mail newsletter and putting their
name on it and changing only a few small details, and saying it is their own
original work. It's no better than theft and plagerism, and a bad job
copying – or perhaps -too- good of a job because they proved they aren't the
authors of the items in their program.

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2 Comments

I evaluate a lot of software, and see this happen a lot. I hope the X-Setup guys go after them.

This is amazingly ridiculous – FreshDevices.com is definitely at fault here. This is totally unacceptable on their part. Poor Xteq, they make their stuff with hard work and research and stuff just to have some rip off artists at FreshDevices steal it. To Xteq – I'm behind you all the way guys. Don't let these freaks get you down. Keep up your great work!

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