Comment by stale2002
5 years ago
Any numerous things having to do with copyright/intellectual property, or something related to any of that general category of stuff.
The person used to work at that company, and then they built a similar project, that looks really similar to that other product.
So something to do with design copyright. You can't just copy someone else's designs, in a similar space, at a company that you used to work for. You probably run afoul of something having to do with intellectual property or design copyright.
What is your exact definition of "design copyright"?
And keep in mind, repl.it explicitly does not have any patents (which would be the actual way for protecting an idea or design in the way you're thinking) for anything they have done.
I am not referencing a specific law. I am talking about intelectual property laws in general.
Surely people should be able to see how if you work at a company, and then release a product that copies what that other companies does, and you build something in such a way as it looks very similar to that other product, then there is a pretty big risk of running into intellectual property law or any number of legal issues.
This is a broad category of laws, where you could run into numerous issues. That should be pretty clear.
And I'm asking you to specify exactly which laws you think this runs afoul of. You can't just handwave "copyright laws" away.
Especially since there are no patents which protect the exact thing you're talking about. There is no such thing as "design copyright" other than actual, specific designs (fashion designs, specific graphics copy) that are copied. Ideas and software architectural designs are covered by patents. Something replit explicitly does not do.
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