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I'm not thinking so much about non compete, I'm thinking about copyright violation or trade secrets (even though it's not the most stunning tech here). I specifically see this commit message:

> repl.it superiority!!

It's weird to have that commit message and then to claim Riju is unrelated and not a clone of Repl.it.

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That read very tongue in cheek to me. It'd be akin to creating a microblogging platform in a weekend without any production-ready engineering, yet claiming superiority over Twitter on a commit bumping the post limit to 560 characters.

And then having Twitter threatening to sue.

Exactly, there might be one little feature that surpasses another project and then claim you are better. This is always a tongue in cheap moment and a time to bask in the glory of ones leet skills.

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