Comment by reactordev
2 years 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.
2 years 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.
Author 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.
Genuine 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?
It’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.