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This AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator(news.itsfoss.com)

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delirious_owl@discuss.online
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This is great. So all their VC-funded work will get released publicly, and we all benefit.

I don’t see why people are upset that FOSS projects are getting VC funding for development…

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nednobbins@lemm.ee
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Haha. Maybe.

I doubt the VCs will provide much followup funding if they can’t control the code base but weirder things have happened.

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delirious_owl@discuss.online
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If Mr. Money bags comes to you with a contract that says anything about IP or equity, tell them to fuck off

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