6 ms·

Every time there's a thread on this I want to bring up the fact that Amjad still has not listed what this open source project stole. You cannot go around accusi

by ctvo 5y ago

Every time there's a thread on this I want to bring up the fact that Amjad still has not listed what this open source project stole. You cannot go around accusing someone trying to start their career (this intern) of IP theft and not present evidence. Release a statement clearly stating NOTHING was stolen or release evidence. We have the public commit history of the project. Feel free to go through each commit and point out what was stolen from you.

nrmitchi 5y ago
> You cannot go around accusing someone trying to start their career (this intern) of IP theft I'm not saying that I agree with threatening legal action here, but this isn't really a fair classification. You are implying the the CEO put an ex-intern on blast in the community. There is a huge difference between making a statement in a private email (which the other party then releases), and making a public accusation (which is what you're implying).
- heavyset_go 5y ago
  > making a public accusation (which is what you're implying). These are the words Masad used on Twitter to describe the situation in the OP: > As a matter of principle, when someone goes into your home and steals from you, even if it's not material, you have to respond. That's a direct public accusation of IP theft.
- ctvo 5y ago
  I understand what you're saying, and I agree to an extend. But this is a thread about the apology after these accusations were made public. Instead of the apology Ajmad gave, clearly stating that nothing was stolen would be much more beneficial.
- hluska 5y ago
  If Amjad had left it at the email, all would be fine. He went way too far on Twitter and behaved like a brute.
heavyset_go 5y ago
This is a seriously defamatory comment by Masad if there is no proof. Accusations of IP theft are not something to be taken lightly, especially against someone who is just beginning their career in software development. Such accusations can have real damaging effects on their career.
kazinator 5y ago
I think it's fairly obvious that the content of the accusation is something like "you took our idea of making a web front end to a bunch of virtual machines in which one can interact with programming languages". Problem is, using a web-based terminal to access a host is not original. They have no patent on it. In general, such an accusation could be legally actionable. E.g. say you were employed by some restaurant and stole their secret recipe, and then used it to offer the same menu item in your own restaurant. Type of thing. There is no secret sauce here, though.

by ctvo 5y ago

nrmitchi 5y ago

> You cannot go around accusing someone trying to start their career (this intern) of IP theft I'm not saying that I agree with threatening legal action here, but this isn't really a fair classification. You are implying the the CEO put an ex-intern on blast in the community. There is a huge difference between making a statement in a private email (which the other party then releases), and making a public accusation (which is what you're implying).

heavyset_go 5y ago
> making a public accusation (which is what you're implying). These are the words Masad used on Twitter to describe the situation in the OP: > As a matter of principle, when someone goes into your home and steals from you, even if it's not material, you have to respond. That's a direct public accusation of IP theft.
ctvo 5y ago
I understand what you're saying, and I agree to an extend. But this is a thread about the apology after these accusations were made public. Instead of the apology Ajmad gave, clearly stating that nothing was stolen would be much more beneficial.
hluska 5y ago
If Amjad had left it at the email, all would be fine. He went way too far on Twitter and behaved like a brute.

heavyset_go 5y ago

This is a seriously defamatory comment by Masad if there is no proof. Accusations of IP theft are not something to be taken lightly, especially against someone who is just beginning their career in software development. Such accusations can have real damaging effects on their career.

kazinator 5y ago

I think it's fairly obvious that the content of the accusation is something like "you took our idea of making a web front end to a bunch of virtual machines in which one can interact with programming languages". Problem is, using a web-based terminal to access a host is not original. They have no patent on it. In general, such an accusation could be legally actionable. E.g. say you were employed by some restaurant and stole their secret recipe, and then used it to offer the same menu item in your own restaurant. Type of thing. There is no secret sauce here, though.