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Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by jwilber » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:01 AM UTC

Over the last decade or two, the builder/hacker ethos has seemed to shift towards this grifter, money-over-everything attitude. I’m sure there’s a lot at play (crypto culture, VC self-selection, the attraction of ‘easy’ high salaries), but I’m sure it’ll get markedly worse with ai tooling and the any-publicity-is-good fomo marketing that’s taken over the startup scene.

My take is both OP’s tool and the blatant plagiarism of it are examples.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#32

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:02 AM UTC

npsomaratna wrote: post #21

litexlang wrote: post #7

Sorry for your story. In those days open source is REALLY HARD. Put your github link here and we will support your project by starring you and spreading your project. You definitely need to fight back.

Not the developer, but here is his repo: https://github.com/sohzm/cheating-daddy

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Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#33

Post by zero-sharp » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:02 AM UTC

nativeit wrote: post #30

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If you scroll down in the xcancel link (posted in the same thread), you'll find side-by-side picture comparisons of the code, comments, libraries.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#34

Post by ninetyninenine » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:04 AM UTC

That’s not the only corrupt stuff that yc does. There’s dreamworld.

https://www.pcgamer.com/dreamworld-infinite-world-mmo-kickst...

I’m sure there’s much more we don’t know about. They just didn’t get caught. Yc used to have this reputation of being one of the good guys but I guess nothing is really immune to corruption.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#35

Post by fastball » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:04 AM UTC

nativeit wrote: post #30

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He includes screenshots which (to me) do indicate a certain amount of lifting.

Also the project is open source and the website is at the end of the thread. The website has a GH link in the header.

What more do you want really?

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#36

Post by mock-possum » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:05 AM UTC

niggerowner wrote: post #28

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Yeah I don’t think anyone here is going to find your schtick funny either

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by kratoskr221 » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:05 AM UTC

Is there a way to file lawsuits for such cases? These incidents lead to death of open-source and crush hearts of open-source developers.

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#38

Post by alberth » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:06 AM UTC

Maybe I’m looking at the wrong repos but both appear to be GPL-3 (or maybe it was relicensed back to original GPL-3?)

https://github.com/sohzm/cheating-daddy

https://github.com/pickle-com/glass

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

#39

Post by sohzm » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:07 AM UTC

alberth wrote: post #38

Maybe I’m looking at the wrong repos but both appear to be GPL-3 (or maybe it was relicensed back to original GPL-3?) https://github.com/sohzm/cheating-daddy https://github.com/pickle-com/glass

yeah he changed it rn https://github.com/pickle-com/glass/commit/5c462179acface889...

Re: My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]

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Post by slouch » Fri, Jul 04, 2025, 3:08 AM UTC

alberth wrote: post #38

Maybe I’m looking at the wrong repos but both appear to be GPL-3 (or maybe it was relicensed back to original GPL-3?) https://github.com/sohzm/cheating-daddy https://github.com/pickle-com/glass

11 minutes ago "licensed fixed" https://github.com/pickle-com/glass/commit/5c462179acface889...