his point: Interview + YAML = Copied

"We have already talked with a few of the well-known package manager teams...." https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-package-m...

In my point of view, they do the comparisons and created their own product. The interface is too basic.

That's no crime. If developers wouldn't be allowed to do that we'd have a major crisis on our hands.

The worst infringement as far as I'm concerned is that MS tricked him into giving up all his secrets before they implemented it themselves.

If Microsoft ever came to talk to me about one of my projects the only thing I'd tell them is: "How much?" (are you willing to pay for it).

What secrets? The code is open source. They were probably planning to hire him as well, something just happened in the meantime before he started so it didn't work out.

It's a shitty situation for him, but that's just life. Sometimes it sucks.

His future plans that he disclosed at MS. They made the guy think MS would hire him then they didnt even bother to show him the finger.

If Google v Oracle is ultimately determined in favor of Oracle, copying the functional interface could wind up costing them a ton of money.

If you read the Github thread it's mentioned that it's not just the interface, but the code structure, and design theory as well.