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1. Re: RATE AND REVIEW THE KQ MOBILE APP (thea maina)
2. Re: 2D Bar Code Scanner (Peter Mugoh)
3. Re: Software ownership dispute (Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions)
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:22:06 +0300
From: thea maina <theamaina@gmail.com>
To: "John K." <kamau.john@gmail.com>, Skunkworks Mailing List
<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] RATE AND REVIEW THE KQ MOBILE APP
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Hi John,
Thanks for your feedback on the KQ Mobile App.
Let me know which Sales outlet i can send your KQ gift hamper.
Thanks and best regards
Good day
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 9:15 AM, John K. via skunkworks <
skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
> A great start from KQ, no crashes so far which is good. Noticed some few
> minor issues though, listed below:
>
>
> 1. Low quality graphics. (The top header, loading animation, menu
> icons are pixelated), get your artists/devs to create suitable graphics for
> each dpi.
> 2. The slide out menu is on the right? On most apps its on the left.
> 3. Shouldn't "My favourite" be "My Favourites", or are you limited to
> watching only 1 flight?
> 4. Default country is Afghanistan?
> 5. Terms and conditions displays the privacy policy? which is which?
>
>
>
>
> On 28 November 2014 at 23:07, Okechukwu via skunkworks <
> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> <Rant> Whats there to smile about KQ </rant>
>>
>> ok bye
>> ./Ok3ch
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Martin Gicheru via skunkworks <
>> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> You realize you needed to add <ADVERT> at the email subject?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Martin Gicheru | Editor, Techweez
>>>
>>> Website:http://www.techweez.com | Skype ID: martingicheru | Twitter ID:
>>> @martingicheru <https://twitter.com/martingicheru> | Gplus:
>>> +MartinGicheru <http://google.com/+MartinGicheru>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:25 PM, thea maina via skunkworks <
>>> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:21 PM, thea maina <theamaina@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kenya airways recently developed a mobile app and a mobile website and
>>>>> we would like your assistance in reviewing and rating them.
>>>>>
>>>>> In a bid to enhance our guests experience, we have attempted to
>>>>> recreate the full customer journey on technology platforms. These are from
>>>>> choosing to fly KQ, choosing a destination and purchasing the ticket to
>>>>> check-in, boarding and sharing.
>>>>>
>>>>> From now henthforth, the only reason to visit any physical outlet is
>>>>> because you like to *KQ Smile*. I like it too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kindly share your reviews in any of the app stores and on our twitter
>>>>> <https://twitter.com/KenyaAirways>, facebook
>>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/PrideofAfrica/app_267091300008193> and
>>>>> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/kenya-airways> pages
>>>>>
>>>>> itunes <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kq-mobile/id917299864?mt=8> Android
>>>>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amadeus.merci.kq> W
>>>>> indows
>>>>> <http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/kq-mobile/ae83cf87-d1cd-4e4f-aef8-601763274698>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kq-mobile/id917299864?mt=8>
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amadeus.merci.kq>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/kq-mobile/ae83cf87-d1cd-4e4f-aef8-601763274698>
>>>>>
>>>>> For the valuable time you have given to us in this rate and review
>>>>> process, we would like to randomly offer some KQ goodies like Tees, polo
>>>>> shirts, umbrellas, access to pride and Simba lounges and a round of golf at
>>>>> the KQ golf safari e.t.c.
>>>>>
>>>>> We appreciate your time and patronage to Kenya Airways, the pride of
>>>>> Africa
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Thea Maina
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:15:17 +0300
From: Peter Mugoh <pkmugoh@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] 2D Bar Code Scanner
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Dear Skunks / Skunkettes,
I am looking for a 2D Bar Code Scanner locally.
If anyone knows who can provide the same kindly inbox me the supplier or
the prices directly.
Thanks and regards,
Peter Mugoh
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 01:16:42 +0300
From: Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions <kinprocomputers@gmail.com>
To: skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Software ownership dispute
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@ Erastus
while you are fighting in this legal battle just look at tech
sides.Since you are the original thinker and developer with lots of
ideas that were not there in the first place,creativity is unlimited
on your side.
-You have to learn this ...No matter what you do in this tech world
you should execute your ideas in stages,and strategically before you
ready for court battles .Big fishes with big money but with no new
idea are desperately looking for a way to punish smaller one for being
creative and productive.
-Try to look for alternative approaches (different business model)
that would open your doors again.And introduce competing ideas and
technologies.And since they don`t have you around anymore they will be
stuck in legacy product.
-Introduce bugs and redundant code everywhere..Yes...and you can
honestly tell the court you were still busy perfecting the product.As
you know its real boring and hard fixing bugs from someone code.
-Play well with hosting company that knows you at the first place,they
would limit support to those guys if not denying them completely.
-Keep you contracts,receipts,invoices,server license, etc with the 3rd
part partner so that you can use them to limit their ownership in
every possible itemized service/products, to an extent they would find
a software alone is useless in case things turn out against you.
Regards,
Nicholas Peter.*
Kinpro Computers.*
*Box:*16954,Arusha.
*Tel :*+255 732 972287.
*Mobile**:* +255 754 914652
*Email: *kinprocomputers@gmail.com
>>>> On Feb 11, 2015 12:35 AM, "gisho via skunkworks" <
>>>> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear listers,
>>>>>
>>>>> (Sorry for cross posting)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have an ongoing case against me on regards to a software i developed
>>>>> for a client called Ceven ltd on year 2013.
>>>>>
>>>>> After I resigned from employment at March 2013, I stated doing my own
>>>>> projects and thats when the then general manager of Ceven pointed out
>>>>> to me
>>>>> that they were in need of a better and more efficient system for
>>>>> vending
>>>>> prepaid electricity tokens. Working at home, i worked for a month and
>>>>> a
>>>>> half and presented my demo on April 2013. The demo was received well
>>>>> and
>>>>> they gave me the go ahead to finalize the bits that were still rough.
>>>>> The
>>>>> demo included interfaces for vendor management, virtual float
>>>>> management,
>>>>> billing and a J2ME app for Nokia phones that would dispense a receipt
>>>>> via a
>>>>> bluetooth printer. On April 15th 2013 I installed the application to
>>>>> their
>>>>> hardware for a live test. After a thorough test we decided to host the
>>>>> server at Access Kenya data center at Baclys Plaza on mid May 2013 and
>>>>> continued to push live transactions via the app.
>>>>>
>>>>> I used a publicly available Ipay API that was then available here:
>>>>> https://gforge.bizswitch.net/docman/view.php/9/34/Ipay-prepaidElecTransactionSpec.pdf
>>>>> the API is no longer available form that site but can still be found by
>>>>> just googling for it. The API enabled me to create a client to connect
>>>>> to
>>>>> KPLC prepaid systems.
>>>>>
>>>>> <https://gforge.bizswitch.net/docman/view.php/9/34/Ipay-prepaidElecTransactionSpec.pdf>
>>>>>
>>>>> We discussed on payments that i was to take 20% of the net revenue
>>>>> share less all technological related expenses which includes the
>>>>> hosting
>>>>> charges for the server.
>>>>>
>>>>> I got my first pay on September 2013 after settling all expenses that
>>>>> were to be billed on me over that time.
>>>>>
>>>>> All this time I was still upgrading the app to accommodate new requests
>>>>> from the client and the vendors.
>>>>>
>>>>> On June 2014, the client sent me the attached draft contract with a
>>>>> 2013 date and claimed that Ceven ltd owned my application.As at this
>>>>> time
>>>>> the business had grown big and was known far and wide. The contract was
>>>>> contrary to what i expected and I began to seek legal help and thats
>>>>> when I
>>>>> registered a company and also obtained a copyright certificate from
>>>>> Kenya
>>>>> Copyright Board. I did not sign the contract as I felt it was unfair on
>>>>> my
>>>>> side.
>>>>>
>>>>> On August 2014 I moved my application from the client's hardware to a
>>>>> cloud server and then to my server on October 2014 which was co-located
>>>>> at
>>>>> the same place - Access Kenya data center at Baclays plaza.
>>>>>
>>>>> On October 2014 the client indicated that they were interested in
>>>>> acquiring the application and we started negotiations for the same. We
>>>>> all
>>>>> agreed that we were to find a party that would do a fair market
>>>>> valuation
>>>>> of the software application independently. Attached was our draft MOU
>>>>> that
>>>>> would see us through the process of this sale.
>>>>>
>>>>> From August 2014 the client started failing to pay the agreed amounts
>>>>> up to November 2014 and whenever I would demand for payments they would
>>>>> urge me to sign the contract. On start of December 2014, my lawyer went
>>>>> ahead and wrote a negotiation agreement that required them to pay the
>>>>> arrears and payment terms for the negotiation period which they never
>>>>> signed. At all this time I would pay for the service expenses with my
>>>>> money
>>>>> and it was inevitable that if the client did not pay for the service i
>>>>> would shutdown the server.
>>>>>
>>>>> On December 16th 2014, the client was issued a court order that barred
>>>>> me from accesing my server or the clients server at Access Kenya either
>>>>> physically or remotely. It also said that I should surrender
>>>>> administrative
>>>>> passwords to them. They went ahead and shutdown my server where the
>>>>> application was running and that was it... business closed! Later on
>>>>> the
>>>>> faithful monit would send me emails of attempted power cycles on the
>>>>> server. I still don't know what was happening at the server during
>>>>> those
>>>>> times but thats a story for another day.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was out of Nairobi on December 2014 and I came back on January 2015
>>>>> when I was served with the court order. I declined to give out any
>>>>> passwords as that would get my software copied. Upon reading the court
>>>>> application document, the client now says that they fully owns the
>>>>> software
>>>>> despite them not providing any prove of ownership. They also claim that
>>>>> I
>>>>> acquired my copyright certificate fraudulently. The software was
>>>>> running
>>>>> under brand "Pata Pawa" which is owned by the client.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are now in court and hearing is on February 11 2015 (which is today)
>>>>> at High Court of Kenya Nairobi - Commercial and Admiralty Division.
>>>>>
>>>>> In this case, who legally owns the software?
>>>>>
>>>>> In case of any clarifications feel free to contact me.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I win this case, I will release the code under GPL or MIT license.
>>>>> Maybe someone will learn something from it. If I don't, I'll likely rot
>>>>> in
>>>>> Jail for contempt of court which the judge said might be higher for me.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Erastus
>>>>> +254716165716
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______
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