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jnazario
on June 30, 2014
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Orkut shutting down September 30
anyone remember this brouhaha a decade ago where Orkut was accused of stealing source code to get off the ground? including bugs?
http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2004/06/64046
judk
on June 30, 2014
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It was more a copyright dispute than a theft. The coders took their own code to a new company. Zuckerberg did the same thing to start Facebook.
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