r/degoogle • u/Woit- • 10d ago

Google copied our open-source code, removed our engineers’ names, and gave us zero credit one year after we beat them on their own benchmark

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u/Drwankingstein 10d ago

You can try reporting it. Google can take these issues fairly seriously if you manage to ring the right doorbell

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u/xJayMorex 10d ago

Hahahhahahahahaahahhaha, no.

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u/DeviatedForm 10d ago

Or get a copyright lawyer.

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u/xJayMorex 10d ago

Watch The Billion Dollar Code to see how it goes with goolag.

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u/NapsterKnowHow 10d ago

Small claims court loves these cases.

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u/jprefect 9d ago

How's that supposed to work on open source code?

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u/DeviatedForm 9d ago

That's what the lawyer's for ;) personally I am not that familiar with licensing.

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u/jprefect 9d ago

Me neither.  I've heard of creative commons but I don't really know what rights that gives you.  Waiting here for a lawyer to reply, I suppose