Getting Forked by Microsoft
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- Spegel was created to solve Kubernetes scalability issues during registry downtime without requiring a stateful mirror.
- Microsoft forked Spegel under the name Peerd, copying significant code and comments without proper attribution, despite the MIT license.
- The MIT license allows forking but requires maintaining the original license and credit; Peerd removed Spegel's license and attribution.
- Peerd's creation caused confusion among users, making it hard for Spegel to compete with Microsoft's brand recognition.
- The experience made the maintainer feel undervalued, but Spegel continues with strong adoption (1.7k stars, 14.4M pulls).
- The maintainer questions how solo developers can collaborate with large corporations without exploitation, considering license changes and GitHub sponsors for sustainability.