Original post: https://windsys.win/blog/03-talk/

It was quite sudden. It's not that I couldn't accept it, but rather the feeling of discovering that something I needed had stopped updating when I had a need for it (it was the same with LSPosed back then).

I don't know what mood I was in when I replied with a comment, only realizing there was a typo after sending it

How I Came Across the Windsys Project

I stumbled upon it by chance, and you could say I liked it at first sight.

At the time, I really enjoyed exchanging friend links. I saw the Windsys Project in jipa233's friend links. The computer I had on hand then (MACHENIKE T58-V) was still on Windows 10, and I needed to upgrade to Windows 11, but I wasn't too keen on using the official package (it really was too...). So I tried using it, found it quite good, and have been using it ever since.

My Thoughts

Admittedly, upon reading this text, it suddenly occurred to me that I really should list the projects I use and create a table or something to explain them (even though I'm not using them commercially), even though no one has said it's wrong not to list them.

Is mandatory attribution feasible? It seems unlikely again. How should attribution be given, and how should it be verified? In my view, these are quite difficult problems.

In the domestic environment, mandatory attribution could be solved simply by relying on real-name registration. Once on overseas platforms, it becomes hard to confirm, especially for someone like me who, for various reasons, has multiple identities (see details on the Personal Profile page), making verification even trickier (though, barring accidents, I rarely use two names on the same platform).

Returning to the point about some people might claim the credit for themselves after open-sourcing unfinished code, if the README includes the source and the open-source license is followed, it shouldn't be a big issue. However, few people in China remember these things. More often, it's the Powered by xxx displayed when a project is running that serves as a reminder (for example, Powered by Mix Space&Shiro at the bottom of the main site and 由 xlog 提供支持 on the secondary site). I myself had forgotten about this and only recently started remembering a bit.

Afterword

Since the Windsys Project and related projects have stopped updates and won't be open-sourced, there's not much else to say. Silently saying thank you is better than anything.

From my personal perspective, giving a star to a satisfactory GitHub repository, or submitting issues and PRs to help the project develop better, is also a way to support the author.