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by xgbi 2619 days ago
The API the guy is talking about is a freaking RFC!

The wording of this is found everywhere on the internet. Just search for one of the phrases you find and you'll have plenty of matches: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+number+of+seconds+the...

I understand the frustration of the guy, but this is not like they copied the business API, this is just the standard Oauth.

Anyways.. I'm starting to sound like an Otonomo PR guys.. I'm not, it's just that reading this article, I found myself pondering whether my current employer could be sued for this kind of trickery. I wrote the Oauth2 code in our product, and found myself writing the exact same doc (probably with different words).

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How did Ottonomo end up with identical random identifiers? Are those from the RFC as well?
Even the design is the exact same, though. Did you accidentally rip off Oath's design as well?