Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project

Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by stevebmark on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:28PM (#27425343)

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.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by mkishi on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:40PM (#27425522)

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.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by seg_lol on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:50PM (#27425671)

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.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by kyawzazaw on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:01PM (#27425842)

It is explained

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