Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
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Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#2Just read through the blog post. it's absolutely nuts.
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#3Wow, this is as blatant as it gets.
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#4I feel like this happens often in tech but most offenders do a better job covering it up. This is pretty blatant.
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#5Looks like the link is down. Is there a mirror?
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#6Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190422150111/https://smartcar....
(And a reminder to donate to archive.org if you can!)
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#7I thought we all decided APIs shouldn't/couldn't be copyrighted because that was evil when Oracle and Microsoft tried to do it?
I guess literally copy-pasting the docs is a flagrant violation, but it seems like that's the least of their problems. Presumably BigCorp will now get a cleanroom team to re-document the re-implemented API.
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#8Looks like the link is down. Is there a mirror?
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#9There are zero material consequences for a well-funded startup to pull shenanigans like this. Why should we be surprised this is happening?
Re: Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
#10Could there possibly be reasonable explanation for this? With big name investors involved it's likely that respectable and legitimate reporters wouldn't be interested in digging up the truth.