Mirror of my repo showing up on Google instead of the original

[itsbrunodev]

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I released the hono-fsr package under the MIT license on July 15th:
https://github.com/itsbrunodev/hono-fsr

I found an exact copy, which was released about 5 hours ago at the time of writing:
https://github.com/Master-Rawdon/hono-fsr

My problem is that Google shows the copy first, and its readme contains AI generated bogus and code snippets that don't even work. I have no way of contacting that account.

Has anyone dealt with this? What's the easiest way to:

1. Get Google to prefer the original repo?
2. Flag or handle a misleading, license-compliant mirror on Github?

I understand that an MIT license grants anyone the permission for modification and distribution, but this is still a bit disappointing.

Thanks for any tips!

[rahulgotrekiya]

This is frustrating but sadly common with permissive licenses like MIT.

Since your project is under the MIT license, others are allowed to copy and reuse the code, but if the other repository contains misleading information or broken examples, you can report it in a proper way.

For Google, you can:

• Keep your repo active with updates.
• Share it in relevant communities like Reddit, Twitter, etc to get more visibility and backlinks.

For GitHub, you can click “Report abuse” at the bottom of their repo page. You can report it under misleading content, especially if it contains broken or fake examples. GitHub will review it according to their community guidelines.

Hope this helps!

[itsbrunodev]

Thank you!

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