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Remove the two references to FieldTalk trademark in modpoll.c and the README files. #67

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epsilonrt opened this issue Jun 7, 2023 · 0 comments

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Hello Pascal Jean,

I am asking you for your cooperation on a small matter regards your mbpoll application published on github.

I am the author of the original modpoll program. I understand that you have re-implemented our modpoll's program functionality and are publishing this under the GPL on github. This is in principal OK with us, as it is based on a different source code and a different way of implementing the features compared to our original program.

However you are referring to our trademark FieldTalk in your program, probably because you simply copied some verbatim text from our modpoll program's output. To avoid any confusion, may I kindly ask you to remove the two references to our FieldTalk trademark in modpoll.c and the README files.

We are also receiving emails from time to time where people accuse us of violating the GPL, with people thinking that our program is based on yours. This is despite the fact that you make it clear in the README on github with the text "Although the syntax of these options is very close modpoll proconX program, it is a completely independent project." But it seems this text not enough to explain the differences.

May I suggest to make this clearer to avoid any problems in the future, for example using this text:

Note: mbpoll's output syntax and command line option syntax is compatible to the original modpoll command line program published by proconX on [modbusDRIVER.com]([https://www.modbusdriver.com/modpoll.html]. However mbpoll is a completely independent project and based on different source code than the original modpoll program. The original modpoll program is not covered by the GPL license.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Kind regards

Henrik Maier

epsilonrt added a commit that referenced this issue Jun 8, 2023
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