[alien_]

As author of an open source tool that was already steatlh-forked twice without any contact whatsoever by VC-backed startups - including clearly copying text from my website/FAQ - without giving any sort of credit on the idea/implementation they used for 80% of their product but on the contrary claiming how revolutionary their products are and best idea since sliced bread, and even not satisfying the basic MIT license terms, I can completely understand your frustration.

At least they were nice enough to pay you a trip to Seattle and (briefly) mentioned your project in the release announcement, I didn't even get a "thank you".

As a result of this I re-licensed my code from MIT to OSL-3 and reduced my involvement in this project a lot so I focus on the things that actually matter in life: my wellbeing and spending the time with my family.

[lliamander]

> and even not satisfying the basic MIT license terms

That's what I don't get about people who don't think this is a big deal. That a license is open source does not mean it is without conditions.

[palerdot]

What is your open source tool?

[alien_]

https://github.com/AutoSpotting/AutoSpotting

[palerdot]

Thanks for sharing ... This looks great and I hope you get somewhere nice with this project ...

[alien_]

Thanks!

My former employer is still using it and saving yearly multiple times my previous 6 digit salary, so I got a nice promotion out of it before I left.

It also helped me get my current job at AWS(pretty much half of the interview I was just talking about how I built it), and I now make some $500 monthly (before tax) from a few users who pay for official binaries.

I'm now only working on it occasionally, just enough to maintain this income stream, but previously I put a lot of time and effort into building it.

My motivation to work on it plummeted when I saw those companies reap the benefits of my hard work without giving anything back.