I don't see why it's worrying. Half the reason to do something like 'make an etherpad competitor' would/should be to learn how it works. Once you have that, the

I don't see why it's worrying. Half the reason to do something like 'make an etherpad competitor' would/should be to learn how it works. Once you have that, there's a ton of different products you could make/morph into.