# A Question About Ethical Considerations when Contributing

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**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-question-about-ethical-considerations-when-contributing/61459 "2021-05-19T17:24:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Albert\_Zevelev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/albert_zevelev/32/11844_2.png) [@Albert\_Zevelev](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Albert_Zevelev)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-question-about-ethical-considerations-when-contributing/61459/12 "2021-05-21T05:12:32Z")

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My personal view

1. If I don’t want ppl to use my code, I wouldn’t post it publicly on the internet  
(Ofcourse respect open source licenses …)
2. it’s always good practice to acknowledge sources …
3. If I’m working on a new package & post a question about it on discourse, I’d be annoyed if someone used it to build a competing package wo trying to cooperate w me  
[I asked for help optimizing my Julia code, now it's someone's package?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/i-asked-for-help-optimizing-my-julia-code-now-its-someones-package/34679)

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