[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jerdog:
Ok Guys - here's the deal. I have been silent as I have attempted to work with strongsteve on this issue. Here are the facts:

1. Guidelines for the Development Forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1268451

2. As stated by strongsteve in both of his posts ([THEMED ROM][Updated 11-9][Odexed, NoCIQ, Overscroll, 1x/3G, Hotspot, Blue] and [THEMED ROM][Upd 11/3][Odexed, ICS Theme w/Batt%,1x/3G,Hotspot,NoCIQ/Blue overscroll] these were based on AbsoluteZeroGI's Stock Rooted Odex & Deodex ROM

NOTE: Nothing is being said that he "stole" anything from anyone - let's make that perfectly clear.

3. Also stated by strongsteve in both of his posts, he themed the base

4. Also stated by strongsteve in both of his posts, he included MODs done by other developers and he properly references them.

5. Also stated by strongsteve is that he used dexopt-wrapper to ODEX his stuff.

Let's define terms:

Development is classified as original work and/or documented edits and changes made to others work (with their permission) that makes it your own.

- Stock ROM dumps that are modified (deodexed, etc.) from the manufacturer's original intent and then repackaged together classifies as development.

- Kernel's and Recovery obviously classify as development as they are modified and compiled from source

Themes are graphical/visual changes made to a ROM which make's the ROM visually different from the original work, i.e. different battery icons, a blue-color scheme, etc.

Attempts have been made to work with strongsteve the last 18 hours, to identify in what way development took place and to identify the specific pieces of these packages that are not just re-packaged themes. Sadly he has not been very helpful, instead choosing to not answer my questions and has taken to responding here when all of this could have been settled privately.

He also, instead of continuing to have his work be in the Themes section as we worked to come to an understanding, he requested the threads be closed and then edited his original post in each so that no one could use his work once the threads were closed. I was left with no choice at that point but to close his threads - when I was more than happy to keep them open and allow others to continue to use what he had put together until a resolution was given.

It is sad that instead of working privately to resolve this he instead took to publicly discussing and drumming up support when all of this could have been avoided. And his work was not removed by me - he chose to remove it on his own, thus taking it away from those who would like to use it.

I am not above stating when a mistake has been made on my part - and regardless of what some on this thread think - all of the moderators and senior moderators feel the same way. We will admit when we make a mistake. Also, there are plenty of things which fall under what is called a 'judgement call'. In this case, I made a judgement call after reviewing (for almost a week) the information presented and moved the threads to Themes where I feel, and still do, that they belong.

This in NO way takes away from the work that strongsteve did on these. It is not easy to go through theming anything, much less working on processing through the results of the dexopt-wrapper script and working with dalvik and the framework. He is to be commended for his hard work and dedication - and it is sad that he has decided to remove his work and not make it available for those who desired to use it.

This thread will be closed as this matter comes to a close. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions - and I advise you to do so instead of creating another thread to voice your displeasure.