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by masklinn 5195 days ago
Considering https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3435416

Yes?
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bryanbibat 5195 days ago
And considering Hacker News is based off Reddit...
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stravid 5195 days ago
There is a difference between taking an idea and a design. Put the versions next to each other and tell me they don't look like the same.
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masklinn 5195 days ago
> There is a difference between taking an idea and a design.

When the idea is the design (as is the case with visitor.js), no there is not. In both cases, it's taking and reimplementing wholesale (but from scratch) the closed product into an open-source one.

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