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Replit 用法律威胁扼杀我的开源项目
Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
2021 — 2024，它一次次回到首页
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导读
一位前 Replit 实习生开发的开源项目因与 Replit 产品相似，遭到 CEO 以律师函相威胁，被迫下架。作者详细记录了整个事件经过，引发社区对大公司以法律手段压制个人开源项目的广泛批评。
为什么经久不衰：它揭示了创业公司如何用法律恐吓扼杀开源项目，也提醒开发者面对空洞的法律威胁时不必轻易屈服，多年后仍是处理类似冲突的参考案例。
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空洞的法律威胁只是恐吓，作者不该立刻屈服
CEO 威胁要找律师审查、指责你行为不当，这是在操纵和恐吓你，而且成功了。各位读者：不要怕律师。律师不喜欢输官司，不会推进注定失败的案子；在对方律师真正表明有案可立之前，一切都是虚张声势。正确做法是表明善意、不认错、不道歉、无视人身攻击，等对方采取实际行动再说。
codingdave查看英文原文
> Naturally, I took down my project right away... So a CEO bullied you. He threatened to have lawyers look at something, accused you of behaving poorly, and accused you of being difficult. He is being manipulative. He is trying to guilt / scare you into stopping. And it worked. For all readers... do not be afraid of lawyers. Especially if nobody has even talked to them yet. Lawyers do not like to lose cases, so will not push a losing agenda. Yet they also must do what their client asks, so lawyers looking into a concern, or even sending nastygrams... those are meaningless actions. It only becomes meaningful if and when if their lawyers indicate they believe they really have a case, or if your own lawyer believes they have a case. Everything before that is posturing and bullying. If I were in the same situation as OP, I'd state that my intent was positive, ask to be informed of the results of discussions with attorneys, and wish them to have a nice day. Admit no wrong, make no apologies, ignore irrelevant statements (in particular personal attacks), and just let it slide until they take a real action of some kind. Once they do take an action, then it might be appropriate to do what they want. But seriously... stop letting people be bullies.
指控知识产权盗窃却拿不出任何证据，极不负责
每次这个话题出现我都要指出：Amjad 至今没有列出这个开源项目到底偷了什么。你不能指控一个刚起步的实习生窃取知识产权却不拿出证据。要么公开声明什么都没被偷，要么拿出证据。项目的提交历史是公开的，欢迎逐条指出哪里被偷了。
ctvo查看英文原文
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.
产品护城河如此之浅，才是真正的问题
一家融资丰厚的公司被一个实习生的周末项目吓到，挺有意思的。如果你的护城河浅到几天就能被复制，这个开源项目恐怕是你最不用担心的问题。
yellow_lead查看英文原文
A fancy funded company like Replit getting scared by an intern's weekend project is entertaining. If your moat is so low it can be replicated in a few days, I think this open source project is the least of their worries.
CEO 本可善意沟通甚至邀请合作，却选择攻击
最疯狂的是 CEO 本可以用更有说服力的方式表达观点，比如'很酷的项目，不过前实习生发布和实习工作如此相似的东西让我有点纠结，但欢迎你回来和我们一起继续做'——这样至少能赢得同情。结果他却全面开战、搬出律师，实在是不知分寸。
2bitencryption查看英文原文
The craziest part, to me, is how the CEO could have expressed his view in a way that would have been much more compelling. "Hey, really cool project. Though honestly, not sure how I feel about a former intern of mine publishing a project that is so similar to what they worked on as an intern. But on that note, we'd be happy to have you back on the team if you want to continue the project with us :) What do you say?" or something along those lines. I still wouldn't agree with him, but at least I'd sympathize. instead he went full-on attack mode, lawyers and all. sheesh. talk about tone deaf.
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