CHICAGO, September 16, 2004 — The following is an Open Letter from Furthermore, Inc. to the Open Source and Technology Community Regarding the Misappropriation of Intellectual Property:
If you are presently using the software application ?Mambo OS? in any release post October 3, 2003, you and your organization are potentially exposed to CIVIL LITIGATION and possibly CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
Our company, Furthermore, Inc., owns the code that enables the appearance and management of the “Lead Story Block” in Mambo. This code was taken without our permission by a lead member of the Mambo Development Team and put into Mambo?s core program. Our copyright was then attributed to Miro International. Here we are reiterating our ownership of the Intellectual Property and issue a formal WARNING that we are preparing to file legal action against users of this application.
FOR THE COMPLETE LETTER AND MORE INFORMATION, see http://www.literatigroup.com/versusmambo