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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/TaChunkie on 2026-01-21 20:40:05+00:00.
(To preface this I am relatively new to open source and only have one other slightly-used project on GitHub.)
I made a feature request on a repository asking to add a piracy aspect to a selfhosted music service, which the author replied and said it was out of scope, difficult to implement, and that they were fundamentally against the idea. They then closed the issue as unplanned. So, I made a fork and implemented it myself.
My fork is now approaching similar visibility to the original repo and the author has since reopened the original issue, done a complete 180 on their stance and are saying that after seeing my fork, they think that it would be a good idea to implement and they are going to begin working on it.
Am I wrong to be annoyed by this? I’ve told the author that I think it would be a good idea to keep the original/fork separated due to one using piracy and one not using it, but they remained adamant that they wanted to take my idea and implement it in their repo. To me, this seems like they just want to remove the need/viability of my fork after seeing it growing in popularity.