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Chris has responded to this issue on his blog: http://crashdev.blogspot.com/2008/04/sincere-apologies-to-paul-graham-and-y.html http://crashdev.blogspot.com/200
by antoineg 19y ago
Chris has responded to this issue on his blog: http://crashdev.blogspot.com/2008/04/sincere-apologies-to-paul-graham-and-y.html http://crashdev.blogspot.com/2008/04/sincere-apologies-to-pa.... Those of you throwing around uninformed, flaming commentary would benefit from a quick read followed by a few deep breaths.
- webwright 19y agoHe uses the phrase "modeled after", which is pretty light. They lifted most questions verbatim, removed the references to boston and News.YC (usernames, etc), and shuffled order on a question or two. I'm a little iffy on whether I feel this is terribly unethical-- an application is not really a creative work. I do think it shows a lack of creativity! I can think of 2 or 3 questions that I'd add/adjust if I was spinning up an early stage outfit.
- antoineg 19y agoI agree it was a lapse in judgement - both the lifting and the lack of attribution. However, in the grand scheme of things it's not that huge a deal, and the important thing for me is that he is correcting the problem right away as soon as possible after being informed of the criticism.