Sorry, I've added the numbers 1, 2 and 3 to your comment for ease of reference to my views below.
1. The focus on one guys thread is because its an easy example, and to be honest probably lead to the creation of this thread itself. It would be good to have a builders perspective on controversial 'designs' but it would turn into a personal attack on them.
2. No problem with a SFF forum member bring up a case such as this, because they are not the proposer of the 'design' nor are they intending to commercially sell it - Kolink are the vendors, not the forum member posting the link. The member will probably be asking if its a rip-off etc.
3. Again point 2 above, the Kolink example is not the best is they are not the proposed vendor. If the SFF forum member bring up the link is Kolink, then.... In either case there should be open dialogue. In any event, if any member said its a clone, copy, replica etc. shouldn't the response be '....We have told you on no uncertain terms that if you have a concern with a product, take it up with the IP holder...' this is what mods are basically saying.
Anyway, i don't know why the mods appear to be hung up on the word 'clone'. The words copy-cat, copy, imitation, rip-off, replica could easily replace clone, and the response to using any of these words might be '...take your concerns to the IP holder'.
nope, I found my email warning from the mods from August. I was banned for 24hr for reacting to a mod edit and warning - all for using the term clone. Noticed that the case vendor changed the name of the thread on SFF Forum, so i google the original thread name, one of the first results. Funny, even people on that forum call him out. I wonder that the mods said to does comments?
I'm not even on hardforum.
Mod edit: Post merged.
