Not sure plagiarizing a whitepaper (TRON) and branching off open source code (Charlie Lee & Litecoin) are the same thing or even remotely close.
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Not sure plagiarizing a whitepaper (TRON) and branching off open source code (Charlie Lee & Litecoin) are the same thing or even remotely close.
in the regular world, sure, they might be different, perhaps legally. But when you boil it right down, people in Silicon Valley are copying LOTS of stuff, and always have. Lots of the copying doesn't require a patent, just ask Steve Jobs and his mouse. Another example is the employee who left Google's Waymo division and copied the code for self-driving cars and took it to his next gig. maybe he WROTE the code and felt justified?
Charles Lee piggybacked off Bitcoin; we have a ton of respect for how he conducts himself (until proven otherwise), but bottom line is he's no Satoshi. Lots of credit should go to the guy who had the guts, execution and courage to start it all. Charles Lee is nothing more than a "pilot fish" living off the scraps of the great unknown shark. Nothing wrong with that, we just don't put 100% stock in his criticisms, even if we agree with them (TRON) at first.
Keep an open mind!