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Re:Popular startup stole my code – now what? by x1024 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @05:12PM (#7476710)
Because it was shipped about 48 hours after I wrote it, and I see details in it that are specific to my implementation.

In fact, if you use their iOS app(especially on the more memory-consuming devices like an iPad Retina)you'll notice that the app reproducibly crashes on all screens. Except one.

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Re:Popular startup stole my code – now what? by sdesol on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @05:51PM (#7476913)
"reproducibly crashes on all screens. Except one"

This reminds me of the story about a large telecom company in North America and one in China. They were able to show that their code was stolen because they had the same bug.

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Re:Popular startup stole my code – now what? by raarts on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @07:09PM (#7477332)
Exactly. My product was stolen by a competitor. In court I could show their product had the same bug as mine. That was the start of their downfall. They bankrupted.
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Re:Popular startup stole my code – now what? by acoomans on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @09:47PM (#7478045)
You could reverse engineer their app and see if it matches your implementation. Super easy if it's html app. Not too hard if objective-c since it is very verbose, even with symbols stripped.
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