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931 points sohzm | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 02:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source

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JonChesterfield ◴[04 Jul 25 10:38 UTC] No.44463274[source]▶

"Fair enough. Since this was our first OSS project, we didn’t realize at first. We’ve now revised it. Thanks for your contribution."

We didn't notice that we copied your codebase, changed the name then pretended to have built it in four days?

Good grief.

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gpderetta ◴[04 Jul 25 11:52 UTC] No.44463726[source]▶

>>44463274 #

"we are sorry we got caught"

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reactordev ◴[04 Jul 25 12:03 UTC] No.44463787[source]▶

>>44463726 #

I would be running for the hills if I were YC. This is the kind of attitude that ends up in lawsuits.

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1. weird-eye-issue ◴[04 Jul 25 13:36 UTC] No.44464431[source]▶

>>44463787 #

So what?

YC doesn't invest that much into any individual company and that's the most they would lose in the worst case scenario. So even if they behave badly they have a capped risk but unlimited upside

They're far more likely to just fail for other reasons, lawsuit is not going to happen regardless

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My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]