The downsides of open-sourcing code, writing articles in the public, and sharing your hard work in the wild.
My week started with
this tweet which showed me an example of how I'd like followers to use my work. However, later this week I found out an almost exact copy of one of my recent articles.
Unfortunately, it's not the only example of articles or code shared for free and copied without shame. Tim had the exact same thing happening to his app. Yes, somebody
copied his app and even linked to his website for the privacy policy!
In a way, you can take it as a compliment if anyone copies your work, but it's hard to accept people simply copying the work other devs spend a lot of time at.
Let's hope this doesn't happen too often, as it will be a reason for many to no longer open-source their code. I at least want to close this intro with encouraging you to stay away from being a copy cat and to appreciate anyone spending a lot of time on sharing free code and articles with you.
Enjoy this week's SwiftLee Weekly!
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