Repo: https://github.com/outstatic/frontpedia

It’s an open source project built for frontend developers and designers, and it can also be used as a base for anyone who wants to launch their own curated resource site.

It uses Next.js and Outstatic for content management, with a database-free setup and easy deployment.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47784163

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

I don't want to keep coming back to this.

I know you never intended to come off as stealing, thieves don't want their theft to be discovered. Unfortunately, seeing how you continued to lie after being exposed this apology feels like too little too late. If a sincere apology, admitting your wrong doing and attempt to hide any connection to Outstatic, had been written in the beginning of this whole ordeal, I'm sure this wouldn't have taken the proportions it took.

I'm not saying what you've done is unforgivable, you made a mistake, but it's important to come clean.

I hope one day you see that what you've done is wrong and that this whole situation was brought up because you tried taking credit for something you didn't create.

Don't think I've enjoyed any of this. To the contrary, I wish I never had to write about this, but I couldn't let you take credit for the work of Outstatic's contributors.

I hope that in the future you only take credit for things you create, and if you use someone's work, do give credit where it's due. This will avoid a lot of stress for you and those who's work you are benefiting from.

https://www.reddit.com/r/developersIndia/comments/14m3evc/i_...

One of many examples...

Basically doing stuff like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/developersIndia/comments/14m3evc/i_...

The video is him basically showing our CMS with the logos swapped.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextjs/comments/17wujjc/my_open_sou...

What I'm exposing here is an attempt at making people believe he is the author of said code. Not someone who took 90% of a project and is building something with it, but that he wrote the entirety of the code.

I'm sorry, I think this guy needs to be put on blast. I tried doing this in a more diplomatic way through our Discord dms, but in no moment was any expression of regret or wrong doing brought up.

So, I created this open-source project called Outstatic (https://outstatic.com), it's been my pet project for a while. But here's the twist: I just found out someone on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hoofhearted) took my entire project, renamed it, and has been showing it off all over the internet as their own thing.

I'm not usually one to call people out, but this is just too much. The only reason I found out was because this person was asking for help with my project on our Discord server, and I got curious.

Turns out, they've been pretending to develop this 'new' project since April and have even been warned by the mods here for spamming about it. When I casually mentioned that I stumbled upon their project and that it looked cool, they went on and on about their 'original vision' and even had the nerve to ask me to join them as a co-founder!

I understand that open source means people can use and modify the work, but claiming total credit and denying any connection to the original project? That's a bit much. I did bring up the issue of giving credit and licensing, and the response was a vague promise of 'eventually' doing it.

Just wanted to get this off my chest and see what you all think. It's a weird spot to be in, for sure.

He's fooled a bunch of people into joining and contributing to “his project”. So I feel like I should at least warn them that they are making contributions to a "stolen” project.

Here's a list of posts where this person claims they built everything and intentionally mention all the tech stack but leaves “Outstatic” out of it: https://dub.sh/code-theft

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38293698

Points: 131

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Any recommendations for resources and tips would be very appreciated. Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33329027

Points: 2

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