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GeneRally ripped off!

David Butter

GeneRally ripped off!

by David Butter » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:02:49

Compare and contrast:

1) http://www.racesimcentral.net/

2) http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Thread about this on the (real!) GeneRally forum:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

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Alex Smit

GeneRally ripped off!

by Alex Smit » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:31:22

I don't speak brazilian (or portuguese or whatever it is) but is it not just
a brazillian mirror?
ymenar

GeneRally ripped off!

by ymenar » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:24:27


> Compare and contrast:

Hmm uh?

I just don't see the reason why somebody would do this.  I mean it's
freeware, there's nothing you can get in return.

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Alex Smit

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by Alex Smit » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 09:36:59

Oops looked at the thread and the guy has even renamed the exe to
gennerally.exe

What a poopoohead!

David Butter

GeneRally ripped off!

by David Butter » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:04:37



>> Compare and contrast:

> Hmm uh?

> I just don't see the reason why somebody would do this.  I mean it's
> freeware, there's nothing you can get in return.

I don't get it either, unless he's got some kind of personal grudge or
unless he's just a complete and utter prat. Hmmm... that might be it.

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Mike Beaucham

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by Mike Beaucham » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 12:08:05

Could this just be a different language version of GEnerally? Like
legitmately?? Am I the only one that thinks this?

You know how the name "GeneRALLY" is a play on the word "generally"? Maybe
the word "generally" in whatever language that is, is actually spelled
"gennerally". So, to make it still a play on words in the other language,
the name of the game is changed.

The email addresses are different, but maybe the maker of Generally has
appointed the second language version to someone else that can speak the
language. So they can respond to the emails and such..

No?

Mike
http://mikebeauchamp.com


Philip D'Amat

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by Philip D'Amat » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:13:26

Same primary domain name (cjb.net).  Probably the same person.

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Christopher J. Sypa

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by Christopher J. Sypa » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:21:14

That's not a regular domain.  It's a link to another site. (i.e. if you put
"http://generally.cjb.net" in your browser, you are sent to
"http://koti.mbnet.fi/grally/")

Let it be known that on Fri, 20 Sep 2002 04:13:26 GMT, "Philip D'Amato"


>Same primary domain name (cjb.net).  Probably the same person.

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>> Compare and contrast:

>> 1) http://generally.cjb.net

>> 2) http://gennerally.cjb.net

>> Thread about this on the (real!) GeneRally forum:

>> http://koti.mbnet.fi/grally/eboard/index.php?a=topic&forum=1&topic=35

>> --
>> The GPL Scrapyard: http://www.btinternet.com/~gplscrapyard
>> (including the Kinlet Park circuit - currently in beta)

>> Idiotic deep-linking restrictions: http://www.dontlink.com

Jussi 'Igor' Koukk

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by Jussi 'Igor' Koukk » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:27:25

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:08:05 -0400, "Mike Beauchamp"

The brazilian guy has put his own name on the readme file where it
says "Copyright..."
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David Butter

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by David Butter » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 18:50:50


Nope - Hannu (author of GeneRally) has said as much on his forums, and in
any case (as Jussi says above) the Brazilian bloke has altered the
copyright message.

NB: cjb.net is a free redirection service - zillions of completely
unrelated sites use it.

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Ruud van Ga

GeneRally ripped off!

by Ruud van Ga » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:13:03



>On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:08:05 -0400, "Mike Beauchamp"

>>Could this just be a different language version of GEnerally? Like
>>legitmately?? Am I the only one that thinks this?

>The brazilian guy has put his own name on the readme file where it
>says "Copyright..."

Perhaps he did it for his 5 seconds of fame? Weird.

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Goy Larse

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by Goy Larse » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 21:44:09




> >On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 23:08:05 -0400, "Mike Beauchamp"

> >>Could this just be a different language version of GEnerally? Like
> >>legitmately?? Am I the only one that thinks this?

> >The brazilian guy has put his own name on the readme file where it
> >says "Copyright..."

> Perhaps he did it for his 5 seconds of fame? Weird.

Lots of people like that about, they rip off free stuff and repost it as
their own for their 15 mins of fame that Warhol promised them, they're
most likely not talented enough to come up with anything of their own, I
blame MS of course, it's becaome too easy to get on the net, and with
Frontpage any dummy can make a website where they can offer rip off's as
their own stuff

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Alex Smit

GeneRally ripped off!

by Alex Smit » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:15:26

I blame the parents!

Jussi 'Igor' Koukk

GeneRally ripped off!

by Jussi 'Igor' Koukk » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:49:01

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:15:26 +0000 (UTC), "Alex Smith"

I blame the internet.

;-)
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Mikkel Gram-Hanse

GeneRally ripped off!

by Mikkel Gram-Hanse » Sun, 22 Sep 2002 00:58:56

I blame myself



> On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:15:26 +0000 (UTC), "Alex Smith"

> >> Lots of people like that about, they rip off free stuff and repost it
as
> >> their own for their 15 mins of fame that Warhol promised them, they're
> >> most likely not talented enough to come up with anything of their own,
I
> >> blame MS of course, it's becaome too easy to get on the net, and with
> >> Frontpage any dummy can make a website where they can offer rip off's
as
> >> their own stuff

> >I blame the parents!

> I blame the internet.

> ;-)
> --
> - Igor -


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