Infringement scandal, who touched whose cake?

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At 20:41 on June 4, 2015, the official Weibo account of Digital Paradise (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. released a new message, saying that it had formally sued APICloud for infringing its intellectual property rights.

The full text of DCloud’s Weibo post is as follows:

Sometime last year, by chance we learned that a company that made the same tools and had the same ambitions as us had been established. As the saying goes, heroes appreciate heroes, and we were very happy at the beginning. After all, HTML5 is a new thing. The more people serve this industry, the faster and healthier it will develop. For us, it is also a very good thing to have one more opponent to compete and promote each other. After all, progress is often forced out by opponents.

When they first released their product, we were surprised to find that the interface was exactly the same as ours. At that time, we naively chose to forgive them. We would rather believe that as a startup, they might choose to imitate at the beginning.

But what happened later repeatedly refreshed the bottom line of our three views. With the release and update of APICloud version, each core module (such as code prompt assistant, code input method, real mobile phone operation, modify and watch, etc.) seemed to be exactly the same as ours or very similar.

Therefore, we commissioned lawyers, notary offices, and professional organizations to conduct comparative analysis and came to the following conclusions:

APICloud products contain a large number of codes, dll files, and image resources developed by DCloud engineers.

Here are just a few points to illustrate.

1. Code prompt assistant

The interface of the code prompt assistant is exactly the same as HBuilder. It has not been modified in more than a year since its release. (At this time, I just want to ask, APICloud, where is your integrity?)

The following is a screenshot of the code assistant in HBuilder released by DCloud in August 2013: (+1 means adding a 1-pixel border):

The screenshot of the code hint assistant released by APICloud in September 2014 is as follows (+1 means adding a 1-pixel border):

A comparison shows that the code hint assistants of the two products are exactly the same in terms of various sizes, spacings, color values, transparency values, and usage methods. It is obvious that this is not imitation, and such similarity can only be achieved if the code used to draw the interface is exactly the same.

There is a vertical bar of numbers on the left side of the code assistant in the above picture. Press the number key to select the corresponding syntax and type it automatically. This is an innovative way of using DCloud's first development tool in the world, which can greatly improve development efficiency. This also makes HBuilder a benchmark for other development tools to imitate. However, imitating the experience is allowed, but plagiarizing the code is an unforgivable and despicable act.

On the right side of the above picture, there are browser compatibility syntax prompts in the HBuilder interface, namely icons of ie, chrome, Android, and safari, indicating the availability of each syntax on various browsers. If the syntax is not available on a certain browser, the browser icon will be grayed out. This is also an important technical breakthrough of HBuilder. HBuilder engineers have made great efforts to complete the most fashionable and complete browser compatibility database. Fortunately, this database has been encrypted separately, and APICloud has not successfully cracked it, so the browser compatibility cannot be displayed in the detailed information on the right side of the APICloud code assistant interface.

2. Digital Signature

APICloud's products actually contain dll files digitally signed by DCloud.

First, download the APICloud product, http://docs.apicloud.com/APICloud/download, (APICloud may shut down the product or remove the infringing code after this article is published. Here is a backup of APICloud version 1.1.24 released on May 29, 2015, http://pan.baidu.com/s/1hq1WFic for your reference. In addition, Beijing Founder Notary Office has notarized and archived the infringing product version. If the developer has APICloud products on his computer before, you can go to the next step directly)

Unzip or open ide, APICloud_IDE, dropins directory, com.uzmap.ide.launch.core_1.1.0.jar, tools directory in sequence, and you will see ResetPwdll.dll. Right-click this dll file to view its properties, as shown in the screenshot below.

This dll file is a dynamic link library developed by DCloud using C language and signed with a certificate from Digital Paradise. APICloud actually copied this dll file and put it into its own product. (At this time, I just want to ask, APICloud, is this appropriate?)

In fact, many of APICloud's products plagiarize HBuilder's code, resources, pictures, and ideas. By comparing the source code with professional decompilation tools, more plagiarism can be found. Many important functions such as code prompts, real machine operation, and real-time preview while modifying appear in the code written by DCloud engineers, the pictures designed by DCloud designers, and the ideas that DCloud product managers have exhausted hundreds of millions of brain cells to come up with.

The infringing functions of APICloud are all our pioneering technologies, and most of them were released in 2013.

At this point, how can we forgive you? If we forgive you, we will be sorry for the hard work of all employees in the company from 6 to 12! If we forgive you, we will be the black sheep of Internet innovation! If we forgive you, we will be the unhealthy trend in the innovation process!

So after a period of evidence collection, Yi Ran formally sued APICloud. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court has filed the case, with the case number: (2015) Jingzhi Minchu No. 00631.

As we all know, the use of infringing software is extremely harmful. It is very dangerous for developers to develop their own products based on software suspected of infringement. Once the infringing software is taken offline and the corresponding company goes bankrupt, they will suffer heavy losses.

In addition, APICloud was sued for false advertising and unfair competition. Its bad deeds were so numerous that netizens collected many of its bad deeds and created the website http://www.APICloudShit.com.

***, developers, please protect your own interests, stay away from dangerous platforms, and support DCloud engineers who are also developers, thank you!

However, APICloud also issued a statement, the full text is as follows:

Recently, a company sent a public relations article to the media, which contained some false reports about APICloud, rumors and slanders against APICloud. We have officially initiated legal proceedings and are determined to defend our rights and interests through judicial channels. APICloud's official statement is as follows:
APICloud has a rich product line!

APICloud is a systematic mobile application cloud platform composed of multiple sub-products. Products include cross-platform APP engine (end API), mobile PaaS service (cloud API), cloud compilation, statistics, cloud repair, version management, module store, IDE development tools, etc. This time, a certain company's long-planned smear only involves "individual functions of IDE development tools". Similar IDEs on the market are customized based on open source projects such as Eclipse and Aptana, and APICloud also follows the same standards and specifications. Because the IDE itself is independent, developers' APPs developed and operated based on APICloud will not be affected in any way.
What have we done after 9 months of going online?

APICloud has just been established for more than a year, and we are in the early stages of our business. Like many startups, we have achieved some results through the hard work, persistence and cohesion of the team, but these achievements are not easy to come by:

Committed product updates: every Monday

First to adapt to iPhone 6

English international version released

Launched Web code full package encryption technology

Launched the ecological product module Store, which integrates the mainstream third-party services in China

First to adapt to Apple Watch

The offline salons organized continuously across the country were very popular

There are already several apps with different installation volumes developed and launched on the APICloud platform.

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Our service and commitment to our customers remain unchanged and our innovation is endless!

Users who have grown up with APICloud and those who are about to become APICloud users, please believe in your choice! APICloud solemnly declares: Our service and commitment to users will not change, nor will we be disturbed by these noisy voices. We will still focus on the product itself, continuously optimize and upgrade, provide the best mobile application development technology to everyone, and continue to build China's first "cloud-in-one" mobile application cloud platform - APICloud! Share with you the new features of APICloud 2.0 version in advance, which will be released soon:

Custom loader

TV Engine

IoT APP Development Solutions

Template Store

Apple Watch adaptation enhancement

Cloud API Upgrade

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Healthy competition, no hype!

We firmly believe that it is the rapid development of APICloud, the support of many users and the good reputation in the industry that caused a certain company to feel a sense of crisis! Don't cause trouble when there is nothing to do, and don't be afraid of trouble when it comes! Just like the title of our CEO's speech, "Entrepreneurship is like a process of fighting monsters", all kinds of monsters will appear in the process, and our team and our developers will face them together! We call for a healthy market environment, promote through legitimate channels, let the products speak, let the users speak, all rumors, slander and unfair competition, we will resolve them through legal means, and will no longer respond to any slander or rumors published by a certain company in the future, so as to avoid a certain company from hyping up by taking advantage of the popularity of APICloud!

Thank you to APICloud users and media friends for your continued support! We will continue to optimize and enrich our products and continue to provide you with the best products and services!