Ask HN: Should I still Open Source my commercial products?

by supervillain on 6/16/2024, 4:48:45 PM with 2 comments
Nowadays, nobody gives credits anymore on someone’s Open Source work. Everyone boasts they did it all only by themselves when they copy someone’s work, or iterate on someone else’s idea on Github.

This got me thinking, should I still do open source on commercial products as people nowadays has no regards and moral values in terms of someone’s work.

  • by josephcsible on 6/16/2024, 5:36:26 PM

    Basically all open source licenses have a clause requiring attribution. If people copy your work and remove your name and claim it's their own, you can DMCA or sue them just the same whether you made it open source or not.

  • by andrewfromx on 6/16/2024, 5:01:14 PM

    i tend to make every repo I make open UNLESS a client specifically forbids it. I just don't see the business case of someone "stealing" the code and having this huge advantage. There is SO much more to a business than just the code.