Potential license attribution issue in derivative repository

[Linvin-1233]

Hi, thanks for maintaining this project — it's widely used and very well designed.

While exploring GitHub stats implementations, I noticed a repository that appears to be
substantially derived from this project:

https://github.com/ishandutta2007/beautiful-github-homepage

Observations:

1. Core Algorithm - calculateRank.js appears identical, including:

   • Same mathematical formulas (exponential_cdf, log_normal_cdf)
   • Identical weight coefficients
   • Same rank level system

2. Type Definitions - TypeScript interfaces in src/cards/types.d.ts
   and src/fetchers/types.d.ts match exactly

3. Project Architecture - Largely mirrors this repository:

   • Similar directory structure (src/cards, src/fetchers, src/common)
   • Renamed but functionally equivalent files (e.g., repo.js → repo-card.js)
   • Identical theme configurations

4. License Concern ⚠️

   • Original repo has: Copyright (c) 2020 Anurag Hazra
   • Other repo has: Copyright (c) 2020 Ishan
   • MIT license requires attribution preservation

The question:

Rather than assuming intent, I wanted to ask: Are you aware of this repository?
And if so, is the copyright notice removal something you're concerned about from a
licensing perspective?

If this is indeed derived work, would you want the original attribution
restored to comply with MIT license requirements?

Thanks for your consideration.

[martin-mfg]

Let's tag @ishandutta2007 and see what he says.

I agree that the MIT license requires anuraghazra to be mentioned in https://github.com/ishandutta2007/beautiful-github-homepage/blob/main/LICENSE.

Since I am not one of the original maintainers of this project but only joined recently I don't know how they feel about this topic.

[banu4prasad]

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