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MediaPortal Steals Code from WebGuide4 Developer, Tries to Cover up

msmvps.com — Yesterday I posted about the possibility that MediaPortal might have just ripped off WebGuide4 by Doug Berrett. Today, thanks to everyone we find out that this is looks to be sadly true. Stolen images, code altered (non open source) just enough to throw off the eye. Same features, same UI, all stolen! MP's post from yesterday now gone, coverup!

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  • cfaslave, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looks like MediaPortal is sort of fessing up. From their website today:

    "We've made a big mistake with the web-interface for the tvserver.
    As some of you might already have heard, it contains some parts of webguide4. To be clear, these parts are gfx only and NOT code. The reason this happened is because during development we borrowed the gfx layout of webguide4 with the intention to replace all the gfx with MP's own ones before releasing.
    Sadly.. we forgot to replace some of the gfx and remove gfx we didnt use.
    We would like to apologize to the author of WebGuide4 for this mistake.

    http://www.team-mediaportal.com/news/global/webinterface_mistake.html

    I use BeyondTV and have enjoyed the access to BeyondTV over the internet. Being able to setup recordings over the internet and my web-enabled phone is a great feature. Manage everything over the internet is something all HTPC PVR's should have so I hope MediaPortal eventually brings this feature, but "borrowing" code is certainly not the right way to do it.

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