Ask HN: What to do when somebody “steals” your MIT licensed code?
I maintain an npm module that enables react applications to authenticate against generic IDPs using pkce. I wrote this to auth against Cognito back when the Amplify packages were adding 1.7MB to the bundle size. I just noticed that somebody copied the files from my repo into a new repo, destroying all the git history. This person then added a LICENSE file claiming copyright over all the files. My repo lacks a LICENSE file but it is marked as MIT on the GitHub project page. I would assume the person can't claim license over all of my work like that. For jurisdictions: the person appears to live in Norway while I live in New Zealand. I sent them an email and haven't heard back yet. What should I do? 4 comments on Hacker News.
I maintain an npm module that enables react applications to authenticate against generic IDPs using pkce. I wrote this to auth against Cognito back when the Amplify packages were adding 1.7MB to the bundle size. I just noticed that somebody copied the files from my repo into a new repo, destroying all the git history. This person then added a LICENSE file claiming copyright over all the files. My repo lacks a LICENSE file but it is marked as MIT on the GitHub project page. I would assume the person can't claim license over all of my work like that. For jurisdictions: the person appears to live in Norway while I live in New Zealand. I sent them an email and haven't heard back yet. What should I do?
I maintain an npm module that enables react applications to authenticate against generic IDPs using pkce. I wrote this to auth against Cognito back when the Amplify packages were adding 1.7MB to the bundle size. I just noticed that somebody copied the files from my repo into a new repo, destroying all the git history. This person then added a LICENSE file claiming copyright over all the files. My repo lacks a LICENSE file but it is marked as MIT on the GitHub project page. I would assume the person can't claim license over all of my work like that. For jurisdictions: the person appears to live in Norway while I live in New Zealand. I sent them an email and haven't heard back yet. What should I do? 4 comments on Hacker News.
I maintain an npm module that enables react applications to authenticate against generic IDPs using pkce. I wrote this to auth against Cognito back when the Amplify packages were adding 1.7MB to the bundle size. I just noticed that somebody copied the files from my repo into a new repo, destroying all the git history. This person then added a LICENSE file claiming copyright over all the files. My repo lacks a LICENSE file but it is marked as MIT on the GitHub project page. I would assume the person can't claim license over all of my work like that. For jurisdictions: the person appears to live in Norway while I live in New Zealand. I sent them an email and haven't heard back yet. What should I do?
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