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First, you wanted people to use your tools and you gave them away for free under the MIT license. Now you’re complaining that people are using your tools. You
by reactordev 3y ago
First, you wanted people to use your tools and you gave them away for free under the MIT license.
Now you’re complaining that people are using your tools.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
- donatj 3y agoAuthor here, and I agree. In the post I'm just lamenting my past choices. I gave people leeway and they used it. That is my failing, not theirs.
- iamcreasy 3y agoGenuine question: Relicensing to a more restrictive one would not stop them from copying it, right? And even if they do - would you considering pursuing legal actions against them?
- donatj 3y agoIt’s actually relatively easy as an individual to submit a DMCA to their hosting service. That’s a pretty quick and effective route, and one I have done once before to get some non-public personal data that got leaked in a service hack removed from a blog.