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. #dev #opensource #history 🔗 Resources https://github.com/marak/Faker.js/ http://docs.jstor.org/jstor-statement-misuse-incident-and-criminal-case.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-brilliant-life-and-tragic-death-of-aaron-swartz-177191/ https://nypost.com/2018/01/27/these-hackers-suicides-are-eerily-similar/ 📚 Chapters 00:00 Faker.js Disappeared 00:29 What happened to Aaron Swartz? 02:15 The Problem with Open Source 🔥 Get More Content - Upgrade to PRO Upgrade to Fireship PRO at https://fireship.io/pro Use code lORhwXd2 for 25% off your first payment. 🎨 My Editor Settings - Atom One Dark - vscode-icons - Fira Code Font 🔖 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