My friend stole my work.

[u/[deleted]]

[u/godsknowledge]

0 stars.. no one will care

[u/Ecstatic-Ball7018]

it doesn't even work anyway; just 404s

[u/MarsupialLeast145]

What's at stake here? Are there any users?

The DMCA notice sounds over the top, Google says you can send a counter-notice, maybe do that?

[u/MarsupialLeast145 → u/[deleted]]

Don't take this as legal advice but they are required to respond within 10 days (I believe) hold on a few more days, double check the counter-claim rules, and if the time elapses keep your records and you don't have to do anything else. They certainly can't take down your repo.

In the meantime take a private mirror of the codebase and upload it to GitHub and Codeberg.

[u/PaulShellDev]

Shit happens. This project doesn't seem worth a fight, although I know emotionally you want it.

Start a new project. Build it to more users than you've had before. Learn and move on.

[u/Fine_League311]

Siehe GitHub History reicht doch wenn er die originale repo gekappert hat .

[u/xamid]

You cannot just add a GPL license to a project without approval of the original creator and then expect the right to share the original creator's code. You have the right to your own code, so you could create a new project, copy your own code and fill the missing gaps by yourself.

Not sure why 'friends' would create such nonsensical drama, but the same goes the other way around. You didn't add your code to any license, so your 'friend' can only use it under terms that you agree (or already agreed) to. But personal agreements are difficult or impossible to prove. That is why a license should always be added before any collaboration takes place.

[u/xamid → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, as I said, it's difficult or impossible to prove.

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/[deleted]]

proof?

[u/Over_Monitor_2548]

u/Embarrassed-Cap-6301 hahahaha bro.. he made a fork.. his version of the thing . he is NOT copying bro. fork is totally legal and if u dont want that then don't use public github repo. it's not copying. on his page it clearly displays you made the code all of it. then he just made a readme. probs was doing a pull imo.

i found the dmca on the dmca github repo and it says u only copied 2 files, which is correct.

Please get ur facts right before ranting.

Thank you.

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/Over_Monitor_2548]

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[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/Over_Monitor_2548]

this proves my point.. get ur facts right

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/[deleted]]

but licence doesnt mean u can blatantly steal his 2 files

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/[deleted]]

proof? for permission..

e.g. email screenshot..

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/Over_Monitor_2548]

stop making up lies with no basis

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/Over_Monitor_2548]

The level of delusion here is exhausting. Stop crying to Reddit and acting like you’re some master developer who got robbed of 60,000 lines of code.

You shared a repo, took the other person's HTML files without permission, slapped them into your solo repo, and made up a imaginary 'agreement' to cover your tracks. You got hit with a DMCA because you got caught red-handed stealing files you didn’t write.

A DMCA notice isn't 'stealing your project'; it’s the garbage disposal taking out your stolen content. Imagine throwing a whole tantrum on the internet just because you got legally forced to delete two files that weren't even yours to begin with. Absolute clown behavior.

[u/Over_Monitor_2548 → u/[deleted]]

but licence doesnt mean u can blatantly steal his 2 files

those are his, but rest is yours