Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
by stevebmark on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:28PM
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I'm not thinking so much about non compete, I'm thinking about copyright violation or trade secrets (even though it's not the most stunning tech here). I specifically see this commit message:
> repl.it superiority!!
It's weird to have that commit message and then to claim Riju is unrelated and not a clone of Repl.it.
Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
by mkishi on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:40PM
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That read very tongue in cheek to me. It'd be akin to creating a microblogging platform in a weekend without any production-ready engineering, yet claiming superiority over Twitter on a commit bumping the post limit to 560 characters.
And then having Twitter threatening to sue.
Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
by seg_lol on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:50PM
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Exactly, there might be one little feature that surpasses another project and then claim you are better. This is always a tongue in cheap moment and a time to bask in the glory of ones leet skills.
> I worked for Replit in Summer 2019
Also from the article, regarding Riju commits:
> 2020-06-05 df9ba38 Initial commit
"I can understand" to a degree. That's what time-limited non-competes are for. I think a lot depends on what he signed as he was hired and/or leaving Repl.it - was there a "you can't work for a competitor for x years" type document? Was there something worse?
And that's not talking about the fact that some states bar non-competes and it was over a year after he left repl.it, what's the odds his non-compete was for that long?
We obviously have one side of the story - and we know how he said/she said stories end up - but from what's being told, it seems like he's been away for long enough that non-compete to be flimsy at best and unenforceable at worst.