He's certainly not worth trying to sue. But he's worth reporting to his school, publicly nailing to the wall, and the resulting story posted on one's website to discourage anyone thinking of ripping off future apps, if that can be done. Remember, the expectation of punishment for misdeeds like this is an expensive public good, those who maintain it are social altruists.
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He's certainly not worth trying to sue. But he's worth reporting to his school, publicly nailing to the wall, and the resulting story posted on one's website to discourage anyone thinking of ripping off future apps, if that can be done. Remember, the expectation of punishment for misdeeds like this is an expensive public good, those who maintain it are social altruists.
Agreed. Philip Kirwan -- http://www.philipkirwan.ie/site/index.html -- is clearly a dodgy person. I certainly wouldn't do business with him.
I don't understand - From the link you provided I can't tell if he's a dodgy person or not?
Sure - He have the submitters story, but he hasn't provided us with evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Philip has stolen his database.
You can verify this for yourself, but it'll cost you the price of both apps: about $7.
1. Buy them, right click on both apps in your iTunes Apps list and choose 'Reveal in Finder'.
2. Copy both to your desktop.
3. Rename them to .zip and unzip them
4. Click on the app file and choose 'Show Package Contents'
5. Compare dublinbus.db with dublinbus.png2
They are not totally identical, but there is a very significant overlap that cannot be down to chance.
Also, his e-mail to me admits that he copied my 'layout'.
Though, I agree that his website doesn't him look 'dodgy' by itself.
> From the link you provided I can't tell if he's a dodgy person or not?
That wasn't my intention. my intention was that when someone Googles his name they'll get lots of pages saying he's a dodgy person.
He overuses absolute positioning. Clearly dodgy.