0x22.com was one of my more ambitious coding projects / timesinks. It has since fallen by the wayside, and even spent the better part of last year offline. So imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this site. Look similar? It should! It's identical, but for its (eye-melting) color scheme.
Now, I should mention that Overkill (the blogger in question) is an acquaintance of mine, so this isn't totally random. (We hang out in the same IRC channel, as do most of the Gruedorf competitors.)
But this situation raises a few questions. Is it imitation? Is it parody? Is it outright theft of my clearly-copyrighted HTML and CSS? As SDHawk pointed out, my design was generic Web 2.0 to begin with, from its rounded corners to its 'beta' tag, so how much is he really stealing? Where do you draw the line?
Well, I say the line must be drawn here! This means war! I'm throwing down. I'm throwing my hat into the Gruedorf ring. It's on, baby. It's on.
But this situation raises a few questions. Is it imitation? Is it parody? Is it outright theft of my clearly-copyrighted HTML and CSS? As SDHawk pointed out, my design was generic Web 2.0 to begin with, from its rounded corners to its 'beta' tag, so how much is he really stealing? Where do you draw the line?
Well, I say the line must be drawn here! This means war! I'm throwing down. I'm throwing my hat into the Gruedorf ring. It's on, baby. It's on.
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