Ask HN: What should you do if someone copies a repo and claims it as their own?

4 points

10 years ago

I recently came across an npm package that is a blatant copy of an older package. This is fine except that the developer is claiming that he built it himself. Should something be done or is this perfectly okay under the MIT License?

Real https://github.com/neptunian/react-photo-gallery https://archive.is/zX1zD

Copy https://github.com/benhowell/react-grid-gallery https://archive.is/cp1bF

Developer on reddit claiming he built it https://www.reddit.com/user/psychstudio https://archive.is/aQQTH