What if..

[WhaLberg]

This is a question to coders and designers..

What if someone publishes your hack/theme in somewhere else but they write the credit and mention you as the author. Does it bothers you or not?

Let me know your ideas.

[Floris]

Republishing copyrighted material without written permission is not cool. Yes, it bothers me. But it depends what it is, and where it is done, and by who.

[HMBeaty]

Originally Posted by Floris

Republishing copyrighted material without written permission is not cool. Yes, it bothers me. But it depends what it is, and where it is done, and by who.

Same. The copyright is there for a reason

[WhaLberg]

For me, it's not a problem as long as they tell the author is me.

[RedTyger]

It annoys me. There is a reason people often like to keep stuff about their modification in one place. I don't like people using my modifications unsupported, I like to have people's stuff working ship-shape and I like to know about bugs people have found. I also like to try to ensure that they only come into the hands of paying licenced customers which is why I don't release them even on my own website.

And worse than anything it's impolite. I wouldn't for a second assume I had the right to redistribute anyone else's work and I'd respect their decision if the answer was no.