The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js?
Yesterday, a popular open-source package, Faker.js, was abruptly taken down from GitHub. Its readme simply said “What really happened to Aaron Swartz?”. Let’s 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.
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🔗 Resources
https://github.com/marak/Faker.js/
http://docs.jstor.org/jstor-st....atement-misuse-incid
https://www.rollingstone.com/c....ulture/culture-news/
https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/....these-hackers-suicid
📚 Chapters
00:00 Faker.js Disappeared
00:29 What happened to Aaron Swartz?
02:15 The Problem with Open Source
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🔖 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
