db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoY Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down10
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minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoThey apparently copied without attribution in a manner that was a violation? I’m still looking for precise wording of the PEL. It’s very hard to violate the Apache license, but these are the sort of bozos who could manage it. EDIT: Here is the PEL. It lacks the attribution requirements of section 4 of the Apache Licence 2.0. So yeah, they managed it. This is a small technical violation that’s easily remedied, but I understand that’s what got people pissed off.
They apparently copied without attribution in a manner that was a violation? I’m still looking for precise wording of the PEL.
It’s very hard to violate the Apache license, but these are the sort of bozos who could manage it.
EDIT: Here is the PEL. It lacks the attribution requirements of section 4 of the Apache Licence 2.0. So yeah, they managed it.
This is a small technical violation that’s easily remedied, but I understand that’s what got people pissed off.