diff --git a/2026/07/2026-07-31-moss.md b/2026/07/2026-07-31-moss.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ed6c187b7c --- /dev/null +++ b/2026/07/2026-07-31-moss.md @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +**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 authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf. + +**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 authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, InferEdge Inc. (d/b/a Moss) (“Moss”). + +**Please provide a detailed description of the original copyrighted work that has allegedly been infringed.** + +Moss owns original, proprietary works of authorship: its on-device semantic-search engine source code, its Python SDK (API design, method set, and data model), and its associated product documentation (the “Moss Works”). The Moss Works are maintained in Moss's private repositories and are not licensed for public use or redistribution. +The repository owner, [private], is a former Moss employee who had authorized access to the Moss Works during his engagement with the company. After his engagement, his repository https://github.com/CoderOMaster/chaos reproduced the Moss Works without authorization and with only cosmetic modifications and renaming. The entire repository is +infringing; representative files in the repository include python/chaos/client.py, bindings/chaos_py.cpp, include/chaos/engine.hpp, and README.md. The repository's own initial commit described the project as a "MOSS-shaped Python SDK" (README, commit a8b77fd); that reference to Moss was subsequently deleted in commit af2c5d0. Every file in the repository is either (1) a verbatim copy of a file in the Moss Works, or (2) a near-verbatim copy of a file in the Moss Works (i.e., with only cosmetic modifications such as function/variable renaming). + +**If the original work referenced above is available online, please provide a URL.** + +The original work is proprietary and not publicly hosted. A detailed side-by-side comparison can be provided to GitHub on request. + +**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/CoderOMaster/chaos + +**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:** + +**Based on the representative number of forks I have reviewed, I believe that all or most of the forks are infringing to the same extent as the parent repository.** + +**Is the work licensed under an open source license?** + +No + +**What would be the best solution for the alleged infringement?** + +Reported content must be removed + +**Do you have the alleged infringer’s contact information? If so, please provide it.** + +GitHub user: CoderOMaster ([private]). Emails: [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]