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Re:Google accused of stealing balloon network tech behind Pr... by ocdtrekkie on Friday June 17, 2016 @02:07AM (#11920953)
They broke a written confidentiality agreement with Space Data. You don't need an agreement like that for things you have patented (and hence are public and protected).
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Re:Google accused of stealing balloon network tech behind Pr... by Dylan16807 on Friday June 17, 2016 @05:06AM (#11921469)
If they actually copied tech, that's bad. But it matters how much they copied. And just because they decided not to license doesn't mean they copied anything. They might have made a 100% independent balloon system, and being in the news while not-first is not 'stealing credit'.
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Re:Google accused of stealing balloon network tech behind Pr... by bitmapbrother on Friday June 17, 2016 @09:49AM (#11922601)
Do you have any concrete proof of the accusations you're making or are you just making things up about Google again?
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