The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js?
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Yesterday, a popular open-source package, Faker.js, was abruptly taken down from GitHub. Its readme simply said โWhat really happened to Aaron Swartz?โ. Letโs take a look at why Open Source Software can be a bad deal for many independent developers.
Note. This video was reuploaded after new information came to light.
๐ Resources
https://github.com/marak/Faker.js/ http://docs.jstor.org/jstor-statement... https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/... https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/these-h...
๐ Chapters
00:00 Faker.js Disappeared 00:29 What happened to Aaron Swartz? 02:15 The Problem with Open Source
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๐ Topics Covered
- Why Faker.js disappeared - The Aaron Swartz story - Why was Aaron Swartz arrested? - What did Aaron Swartz create? - Open Source Pitfalls - Problems with Open Source
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