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That's quite a comparison for someone working at Facebook naming a small open source project the same generic name and then publishing it to Github Marketplace
by drrotmos 6y ago
That's quite a comparison for someone working at Facebook naming a small open source project the same generic name and then publishing it to Github Marketplace for free without mentioning Facebook at all, but I'll play along:
Yes, they would be implicated to a degree, but it would be a stretch to say that Facebook robbed something, rather than saying that a few Facebook engineers robbed something. Also, in what sense did Facebook "[get] all the goodies from the robbery"? The action on Marketplace doesn't mention Facebook at all, so other than using the action (which doesn't require anyone to publish it to Marketplace), which goodies exactly did Facebook get?
- that_guy_iain 6y ago> That's quite a comparison for someone working at Facebook naming a small open source project the same generic name and then publishing it to Github Marketplace for free without mentioning Facebook at all, but I'll play along: Different degrees, same principle as you know. > Yes, they would be implicated to a degree, but it would be a stretch to say that Facebook robbed something, rather than saying that a few Facebook engineers robbed something. If that happened. Facebook as an entity would be investigated. > The action on Marketplace doesn't mention Facebook at all, so other than using the action (which doesn't require anyone to publish it to Marketplace), which goodies exactly did Facebook get? That would be having it work they wanted it to work.
- drrotmos 6y ago> That would be having it work they wanted it to work. That's a consequence of the engineer implementing the same idea, not of publishing it to Marketplace.
- that_guy_iain 6y agoPoint? They aren't claiming damages. They're claiming shady behaviour from Facebook.