Comment by thefunnyman
5 years ago
Their silence on this matter speaks volumes. I’ve seen the Replit founders comment on just about every other HN post that pops up regarding their company so it’s quite surprising that they’ve made no comment here. Very curious to hear the other side of the story if there is one.
Here's a glimpse of the other side of the story, a reply from the CEO a few min ago: https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1401957368510906369?s=19
He's implying here that Radon used source code from replit. That's a pretty big claim to make, I'm curious if that's the case.
The post is ambiguous, as "copying it" could also mean "copying the feature after seeing our code".
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That doesn't seem to make replit look any better.
> There is a difference between copying a feature and actually getting intro a contract, and access to the code, copying it and calling it open-source.
> As a matter of principle, when someone goes into your home and steals from you, even if it's not material, you have to respond.
EDIT: Added quote. The implication seems to be that he thinks source code was stolen and this has nothing to do with design.
I tend to agree. It seems like the author of the article already addressed this accusation [0]. I admittedly am biased in favor of OSS authors but I tend to agree with the points he made there. Namely, this product doesn’t clone any design decisions that aren’t already public. More importantly, Replits differentiator isn’t the ability to run code in browser (which tons of other projects already offer), it’s the polish and support that comes with scaling that idea.
[0] https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/#is-replit-rig...
> copying it
"it" could refers to the feature, not the code. That sentence is clearly ambiguous, the meaning slightly change based on what it refers to.
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