diff --git a/2026/08/2026-08-24-mctemalauncher.md b/2026/08/2026-08-24-mctemalauncher.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..604c31a657 --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/08/2026-08-24-mctemalauncher.md @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +Before disabling any content in relation to this takedown notice, GitHub +- contacted the owners of some or all of the affected repositories to give them an opportunity to [make changes](https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/dmca-takedown-policy#a-how-does-this-actually-work). +- provided information on how to [submit a DMCA Counter Notice](https://docs.github.com/en/articles/guide-to-submitting-a-dmca-counter-notice). + +To learn about when and why GitHub may process some notices this way, please visit our [README](https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/README.md#anatomy-of-a-takedown-notice). + +--- + +**Are you the copyright holder or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf? If you are submitting this notice on behalf of a company, please be sure to use an email address on the company's domain. If you use a personal email address for a notice submitted on behalf of a company, we may not be able to process it.** + +Yes, I am the copyright holder. + +**Are you submitting a revised DMCA notice after GitHub Trust & Safety requested you make changes to your original notice?** + +No + +**Does your claim involve content on GitHub or npm.js?** + +GitHub + +**Please describe the nature of your copyright ownership or authorization to act on the owner's behalf.** + +I am the [private] [private] and copyright holder of the MC Tema Launcher, a desktop Minecraft launcher application published at https://github.com/Noldez/MCTemaLauncher. [private] wrote the code [private] and publish it under [private] GitHub account ([private]). The work is licensed to the public under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only (GPL-3.0-only), as stated in the repository's LICENSE file and the "license" field of its package.json. I am acting on [private] [private] behalf as the copyright owner. + +**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.** + +The MC Tema Launcher, a desktop launcher application for the MC Tema Minecraft server (mctema.lt) that [private] wrote and maintain. It is an Electron application (JavaScript/Node.js) comprising the main process code (main.js, preload.js, lib/ modules), the renderer UI, build configuration, assets and documentation. It provides offline-mode login, automatic game installation and auto-connect to the play.mctema.lt server. [private] its [private] [private]. + +**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.** + +https://github.com/Noldez/MCTemaLauncher + +**We ask that a DMCA takedown notice list every specific file in the repository that is infringing, unless the entire contents of the repository are infringing on your copyright. Please clearly state that the entire repository is infringing, OR provide the specific files within the repository you would like removed.** + +**Based on the above, I confirm that:** + +The entire repository is infringing + +**Identify the full repository URL that is infringing:** + +https://github.com/PaulixMedia/LT-CS-ERIAI-LAUNCHER + +**Do you claim to have any technological measures in place to control access to your copyrighted content? Please see our Complaints about Anti-Circumvention Technology if you are unsure.** + +No + +**If you are reporting an allegedly infringing fork, please note that each fork is a distinct repository and must be identified separately. Please read more about forks. As forks may often contain different material than in the parent repository, if you believe any of the repositories or files in the forks are infringing, please list each fork URL below:** + +**Is the work licensed under an open source license?** + +Yes + +**Which license?** + +gnu-general-public-license-v3.0 + +**How do you believe the license is being violated?** + +The GPL grants the right to copy, modify and redistribute only on the condition that copyright and attribution notices are preserved: section 4 requires keeping all copyright notices intact, section 5(a) requires modified versions to retain the required notices, and section 7 expressly prohibits removal of legal notices and author attributions. In commit 1c74e60301b947900618514c76ffd9639e099e9d the repository owner deleted [private] copyright and authorship notices from package.json and replaced them with their own name. Under GPL section 8, their rights under the license terminated automatically upon that violation, so the repository now hosts and distributes my work without any license or permission. + +**What changes can be made to bring the project into compliance with the license? For example, adding attribution, adding a license, making the repository private.** + +Restoring [private] original copyright and authorship notices in package.json (the "author" field "[private] ([private] : [private])" and the "copyright" field "MC Tema - [private] [private] ([private] : [private])"), together with a prominent notice that the project is a modified fork of https://github.com/Noldez/MCTemaLauncher as GPL section 5(a) requires, would bring the repository into compliance with the license. The repository description, which currently presents the fork as the "Official desktop launcher for the MC Tema Minecraft server - mctema.lt", should also be corrected, as the fork is not official and the false claim compounds the misattribution. Absent those changes, I request removal of the repository. + +**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.** + +GitHub username: PaulixMedia. Email: [private] (from the [private] [private]). [private] : '[private]' / '[private]' (as listed by the user themselves in the [private] [private]). + +**I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law.** + +**I have taken fair use into consideration.** + +**I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.** + +**I have read and understand GitHub's Guide to Submitting a DMCA Takedown Notice.** + +**So that we can get back to you, please provide either your telephone number or physical address.** + +[private] + +**Please type your full name for your signature.** + +[private]