Comment by ipsum2
6 months ago
This is the second time in less than a year something similar has happened.
Previously, a different YC company (Pear AI) copied Continue, changed the licenses, and "launched".
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41707495
I wonder if Pear AI is dead or pivoted, their open source repos have not been updated since May.
> I wonder if Pear AI is dead or pivoted, their open source repos have not been updated since May.
They went pear-shaped.
Probably just went closed source.
Maybe a kind of hall of shame is needed, where these companies are listed, and perhaps a link to a history of how the issue was dealt with.
another one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43859977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43846663
HN seems to be fine with that (!).