The author recounts their experience as the maintainer of the open source project Spegel, which faced challenges when Microsoft developed a forked version called Peerd, seemingly inspired by Spegel. Despite the frustrations of having their work appropriated without proper acknowledgment, the author continues to support Spegel, emphasizing the difficulties faced by individual maintainers in the open source community against large corporations. The article raises questions about the sustainability and collaboration within open source ecosystems.