| ▲ | tcdent 11 hours ago |
| Could have just called it "clawbot" and maintained some of the hype while eliminating the IP concerns. Instead they chose a completely different name with unrecognizable resonance. |
|
| ▲ | ketanhwr 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Apparently "clawbot" wasn't allowed either: https://x.com/steipete/status/2016091353365537247 |
| |
| ▲ | direwolf20 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | A cease and desist doesn't mean you have to stop doing everything it says. It only means you should comply with the law. | | |
| ▲ | xuki 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | You don't want to spend time and money to fight with a $350B company. | | |
| ▲ | direwolf20 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | If that's your logic they can make you do anything they like. They can ask you for $100m "because I said so" and you'll comply to avoid spending $200m on lawyers. | | |
| ▲ | kube-system 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | Usually it doesn't take $200m to prove that "because I said so" isn't a valid claim of damages. But otherwise, you've got the math right. Settling is typically advised when the cost to litigate is expected to be more than the cost to settle. |
|
|
|
|
|
| ▲ | stingraycharles 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I think it’s fine, they found a way to frame it over a lobster’s lifecycle. Plenty of worse renames of businesses have happened in the past that ended up being fine, I’m sure this one will go over as such as well. |
