Dev slams open-source repo for absorbing PRs with zero attribution, removing him from contributors
jasonkneen · x · 2026-10-20
Developer jasonkneen called out yet another open-source repo where his PRs were closed without being merged, the changes absorbed into another commit with zero attribution in the release notes — cutting him from the contributors list.
"Not sure why I bother anymore," he wrote, adding another data point to ongoing disputes over attribution in open-source communities.
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