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[-] cjk@discuss.tchncs.de 128 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Apple deployed a library I wrote to every mac on the world, and additionally bundles it with Xcode.

Apple users reported some bugs, that‘s how I found out.

I never heard a word from them. No patches, no bug reports, nothing, they didn’t even bother to refresh the bundled version.

I think in the meantime they removed it from macOS but still bundle it with Xcode.

I mean, I didn’t any money, but some appreciation would’ve been nice, and a version refresh…

If you are curious: it is this library: https://github.com/ckruse/CFPropertyList

Edit: appreciation as in: a mail with a notice that they did so.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 106 points 4 months ago

MIT License

Hopefully, you learned your lesson.

[-] cjk@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 4 months ago

Yeah, well. What should I say. I wanted to use it in a commercial project, too :)

[-] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago

You can use your library for commercial projects that you have. Just have dual license that requires payment for commercial use or something similar. You don't have to pay yourself

[-] cjk@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 months ago

To be honest, I wasn’t aware of this option when I wrote this library. Nowadays I would chose this path.

[-] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I think that's why Github suggests MIT as default. Unaware people will just put that. Most open source people just code things they want without thinking much on other aspects. We really need some sort of enforcement to stop companies banking on voluntary work done for the community.

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