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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by hathawsh on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:26PM (#27425312)
That's essentially how Zoom was built. Eric Yuan took everything he learned from supporting WebEx and built a new company and product that does the same thing as WebEx.

https://slidebean.com/blog/startups-zoom-company-story-eric-...

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by jollybean on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:12PM (#27425981)
Building a new product and company is totally fine. But copying designs is not. And code of course. With 'know-how' it gets trickier. But Zoom doesn't look like a clone, rather just 'another product'. Possibly better.
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by ejboy on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:11PM (#27426989)
Zoom does feel like a better copy of WebEx.
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by jollybean on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:06PM (#27428471)
Oh it's been years since I've used WeBex - does it have the same layout and button placements as Zoom?
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