alt Hacker NewsI mean, that's just how OSS works. Anyone can fork your thing, do whatever, and call it a day. Going MIT or whatever won't save you either - this repackaging business is basically the entire business model of AWS.
I mean, that's just how OSS works. Anyone can fork your thing, do whatever, and call it a day. Going MIT or whatever won't save you either - this repackaging business is basically the entire business model of AWS.
Forking is fine, do whatever, but as soon as you make actual changes to the code then adopt your own name. This is what trademarks are for, it's just that official trademark registration is somewhat inaccessible (eg: cost) for open source projects. Could you imagine trademarking every little project you make just in-case it gets repackaged by someone who tears huge chunks of it out?