"Commitment to open source" and lawsuit

[Racso]

Dear Modest Tree:

I've read your "Commitment to open source" message in the front page of Zenject here in GitHub. I just wanted to ask if that commitment includes the withdrawal of the lawsuit you filled against the main author of Zenject, @svermeulen.

I'm asking this because you simply cannot say you have a commitment to open source while simultaneously sueing one of the authors of that open source tool. It would not only be hypocritical, but also a danger alert to any contributor or forker of your open projects: I contributed in a seemingly "open source" project and somehow got sued for forking the project or trying to take credit for my participation on it.

I (and I believe other users and potential contributors on the project) would appreciate an answer on this matter.

[pajama]

bump!

[esannandeji]

Good Afternoon, Thank you for reaching out to voice your concern and to seek clarification. Zenject is and continues to be licensed by Modest Tree under the MIT Licenses. As such, users may contribute and fork the project under this licensing. MIT licensing is very broad and gives a high level of flexibility. Many publicly known games, including Pokemon Go utilize the framework and have this integrated into their development environment. The legal matter referenced is not in relation to actions for being a contributor to Modest Tree's Zenject. It arises from signed contracts between the founders of Modest Tree. Specifically, there are intellectual property, non-competition and other protections contained in those contracts which are essential for us as a small business. We look forward to you contributing/forking/using Zenject and hope that provides some comfort. We have and continue to support the open source community and the use of Zenject widely and encourage the contribution and forking on Zenject from community users. We appreciate you reaching out and hope that this addresses your potential concerns. Kindest Regards, *Emily Smits CPA,CMA, PMP* Chief Operating Officer Modest Tree www.modesttree.com | Follow us on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/modest-tree-media-inc> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/modesttree>

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 12:28 PM Racso ***@***.***> wrote: Dear Modest Tree: I've read your "Commitment to open source" message in the front page of Zenject here in GitHub. I just wanted to ask if that commitment includes the withdrawal of the lawsuit you filled against the main author of Zenject, @svermeulen <https://github.com/svermeulen>. I'm asking this because you simply cannot say you have a commitment to open source while simultaneously sueing one of the authors of that open source tool. It would not only be hypocritical, but also a danger alert to any contributor or forker of your open projects: I contributed in a seemingly "open source" project and somehow got sued for forking the project or trying to take credit for my participation on it. I (and I believe other users and potential contributors on the project) would appreciate an answer on this matter. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/modesttree/Zenject/issues/675>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA6SAZTLAJST4U7B3NLOP6DRUULBPANCNFSM4NQ2TWWA> .

[coreyjharvey]

IANAL and don't know much about it but the pdfs with the lawsuit information from the extenject github page sure make it sound related to the extenject fork

[KaleSurfer]

"We look forward to you contributing/forking/using Zenject and hope that
provides some comfort. "

Please give some courtesy and respect to other developers, and put up a link to Extenject, please. This is really irresponsible of an open source initiative, when you haven't developed the code since February of 2019.

That was more than a year ago. Everyone, just go here Extenject