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From the post: > One a separate note, since we are talking about protecting intellectual property, there is no law protecting business models. When Lets Encryp
by pfg 10y ago
From the post:
> One a separate note, since we are talking about protecting intellectual property, there is no law protecting business models. When Lets Encrypt copied Comodo's 90 day free ssl business model, we could not protect it. Lets encrypt could have chosen 57 days, 30 days or any other number for the lifetime of their certificates. But they chose to use Comodo's 90 day Free SSL model that we established in the market place for over 9 years!!! We invented the 90 day free ssl. Why are they copying our business model of 90 day free ssl is the question! Comodo has provided and built a Free SSL model that give SSL for free for 90 days since 2007! Trying to piggy back on our business model and copying our model of giving certificates for 90 days for free is not ethical. They clearly wanted to leverage the market of Free SSL users we had helped create and establish and that's why they created exactly same 90 day free ssl offering. So why did they choose 90 day? That is the question!
I'm not sure if he's delusional, or if he honestly thinks this is a "business model". Following that logic, all CAs are copying each other's business model when they offer one-year certificates. I don't have words for this.