EDIT 2: Feel free to post your own content and I'll link the post numbers in the list.
EDIT: Since posting this I've realised any new posts will be lost in the depths of the thread.
So here's a handy list of people I've exposed:
Rian (Post #1), Dectom (Post #5), Ignitious (Post #5), chris_gspvp (Post #9 by Jack), ThatCoolBlueKid (Post #9 by Jack)
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Hi, I'm Morgan. If you don't already know I'm a web "developer". I use that term loosely because there are some people on MCM who believe that it is okay to blatantly copy and paste people's code and call themselves developers. Either way this thread is to serve as a documented list of people who have previously blatantly stolen other people's work, and claimed it as their own. I'll update it frequently.
There's nothing to say that these users won't change. But this is here so that they learn from their mistakes. I might add a consolation message if they decide to add the appropriate attribution.
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Rian
Information below correct as of 8th March 2016
"Fully Qualified Web Developer with over 3 Years Experience"
Proof of these qualifications in web development would be nice.
http://rianscode.com/
Claims his own design in the footer, even with placeholder text still there:
Upon viewing the source code, there are several references to "Freehold Responsive web template". He even neglected to remove the meta tags. That's certainly something:
Quick Google search returned this:
This template is available to people who purchased a magazine called 'Web Designer'. Well, I decided to purchase this issue of the magazine in order to get access to the template.
The template should contain attribution and backlinks to 'w3layouts' - however since the meta tags still exist Rian has removed the backlinks without donating as well as any attribution to the original author.
Template thief!
Rian (again!)
Information below correct as of 8th March 2016
http://webdev.rianscode.com/enderdevs/
Claims his own design in the footer (again)
Surprise surprise this is a free HTML template called Photon by html5up.net -
Free under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license. Rian has removed all attribution to HTML5 UP on that site, and claimed it as his own work. You can see where he also intentionally removed the HTML5 UP attribution in the CSS file here:
If we view the SASS version of the code which he decided to leave on the site and not use, we can see the attribution text which SHOULD be there!
Oh - and just a note here about http://pixelhosting.co/
Rian likes to call it 'Pixel Hosting LTD' however it's not a registered business in the UK & Ireland. Bullsh*t alert! Looks like someone isn't paying taxes and filing accounts as they should be.
EDIT: Since posting this I've realised any new posts will be lost in the depths of the thread.
So here's a handy list of people I've exposed:
Rian (Post #1), Dectom (Post #5), Ignitious (Post #5), chris_gspvp (Post #9 by Jack), ThatCoolBlueKid (Post #9 by Jack)
____________________________________________________________
Hi, I'm Morgan. If you don't already know I'm a web "developer". I use that term loosely because there are some people on MCM who believe that it is okay to blatantly copy and paste people's code and call themselves developers. Either way this thread is to serve as a documented list of people who have previously blatantly stolen other people's work, and claimed it as their own. I'll update it frequently.
There's nothing to say that these users won't change. But this is here so that they learn from their mistakes. I might add a consolation message if they decide to add the appropriate attribution.
____________________________________________________________
Rian
Information below correct as of 8th March 2016
"Fully Qualified Web Developer with over 3 Years Experience"
Proof of these qualifications in web development would be nice.
http://rianscode.com/
Claims his own design in the footer, even with placeholder text still there:
Upon viewing the source code, there are several references to "Freehold Responsive web template". He even neglected to remove the meta tags. That's certainly something:
Quick Google search returned this:
This template is available to people who purchased a magazine called 'Web Designer'. Well, I decided to purchase this issue of the magazine in order to get access to the template.
The template should contain attribution and backlinks to 'w3layouts' - however since the meta tags still exist Rian has removed the backlinks without donating as well as any attribution to the original author.
Template thief!
Rian (again!)
Information below correct as of 8th March 2016
http://webdev.rianscode.com/enderdevs/
Claims his own design in the footer (again)
Surprise surprise this is a free HTML template called Photon by html5up.net -
Free under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license. Rian has removed all attribution to HTML5 UP on that site, and claimed it as his own work. You can see where he also intentionally removed the HTML5 UP attribution in the CSS file here:
If we view the SASS version of the code which he decided to leave on the site and not use, we can see the attribution text which SHOULD be there!
Code:
/*
Photon by HTML5 UP
html5up.net | @n33co
Free for personal and commercial use under the CCA 3.0 license (html5up.net/license)
*/Oh - and just a note here about http://pixelhosting.co/
Rian likes to call it 'Pixel Hosting LTD' however it's not a registered business in the UK & Ireland. Bullsh*t alert! Looks like someone isn't paying taxes and filing accounts as they should be.
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