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Some of the least defined words in here are: - Upstanding - Integrity - Respect When I say defined, I mean defined by the document. I wonder what they mean
by natch 13y ago
Some of the least defined words in here are:
- Upstanding
- Integrity
- Respect
When I say defined, I mean defined by the document. I wonder what they mean in the YC context.
As an example of why I wonder, I noticed that when YC shared a building with a scrappy, extremely creative robotics company that made a virtual telepresence robot, it surprisingly funded another company that competed with that neighbor with what looked like a knock-off telepresence robot product. This product had an admirably more clever / agile design in that it leveraged the buyer's existing iPad.
The idea that they funded a competitor to their own neighbor is not necessarily a judgement on YC. I frankly don't know enough about the companies and products involved, which is why I couched my statement with "looked like."
It's more of a setup for my real question: where does YC stand with blatant ripoffs, copying, wholesale lifting of ideas, products, business plans, from other companies? Is that considered ethical? If yes, is there anything that's not fair game? Are there any lines beyond which the copying becomes an act that is disrespectful, is considered not upstanding behavior, or shows a lack of integrity?