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This is the second time in less than a year something similar has happened.

Previously, a different YC company (Pear AI) copied Continue, changed the licenses, and "launched".

https://hackertimes.com/item?id=41707495

I wonder if Pear AI is dead or pivoted, their open source repos have not been updated since May.



> I wonder if Pear AI is dead or pivoted, their open source repos have not been updated since May.

They went pear-shaped.


Probably just went closed source.


Maybe a kind of hall of shame is needed, where these companies are listed, and perhaps a link to a history of how the issue was dealt with.


another one: https://hackertimes.com/item?id=43859977 https://hackertimes.com/item?id=43846663

HN seems to be fine with that (!).




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