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by codeptualize 945 days ago
I wonder what you want to get out of this, and what damage his clone is causing you and your project?

I've had my website cloned before and I totally get the feeling and absurdity of the situation, but realistically there is not a lot you can do without it (negatively) impacting you as well.

I think it's good to message this person, as they probably should include your license, maybe indeed make people aware, but at some point it might be better to let it rest and focus your energy towards your project.

Especially if it's not really a threat to your project (and it doesn't look like it is as your project seems like it's doing quite well, congrats!) you could wonder if the best course of action is to just not give it any attention at all.

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Definitely, I agree with you. I tried reasoning with the person and at no point he expressed any sentiment of doing something wrong, to the contrary, he said he doubled down on the fact that he was being generous by offering me a chance to become the "cofounder" of his project. But I didn't decide to come public just because of that, that's only one example among many of ill intent and just not caring.