- 說明1:左圖為中國微軟於2009年11月上線的MSN聚酷,右圖為台灣最大的微網誌社群噗浪。
- 說明2:我對於網站程式碼無法提供專業的比對與判斷,所以本文乃主要引用Plurk(噗浪)官方聲明,並收集目前網路上重點資訊部落格的討論(持續更新)。
事情始末:來自噗浪官方部落格的消息(Microsoft China rips off Asia’s No. 1 Microblogging Service、中國微軟剽竊亞洲第一的微網誌服務)。在微網誌領域,Plurk(噗浪)擁有廣大的台灣用戶,但是這個服務在中國則遭遇到了網路審查的禁制(參見:防火長城),中國用戶無法登入和使用噗浪。而在2009年11月,中國微軟推出了自己的微網誌服務:「MSN聚酷」,甫推出時就被很多網友質疑介面和操作與噗浪過於相似(參考重灌狂人於11月發表的:微軟中國推出「山寨版」的Plurk噗浪-MSN聚酷)。
而在2009年12月14日,噗浪官方部落格發表了上述聲明文章,說明在他們的深入調查下,發現微軟MSN聚酷不僅僅只是介面和操作與噗浪類似,也不僅僅是在創意概念上複製(原文用語:EXACT copy)噗浪而已,甚至連底層架構的程式碼都看起來好像直接偷取自噗浪(原文用語:appears to be stolen directly from Plurk!)。
噗浪官方表示他們絕對沒有和微軟有任何的接觸與合作,對於中國微軟這樣的行為感到非常的震驚,所以將這件事情公布到網路上,希望得到用戶的支持與後續行動建議。
以上為噗浪官方說明的事情始末,下面附上陸續增補的相關討論文章:
- Microsoft 直接抄襲(盜用?) Plurk 的 Javascript(XDite)
- 微軟的仿冒行為,plurk 提出嚴重的聲明, 那麼有錢的公司還抄的那麼明顯(熱血OB)
- 噗浪:微軟msn剽竊程式碼 不恥(聯合新聞網)
- 微軟微網誌爆抄襲!除操作介面 8成程式碼與噗浪相同(鉅亨網)
- 中國MSN聚酷 抄襲噗浪(自由時報)
- Microsoft China Blatantly Rips Off Microblogging Service Plurk(TechCrunch)
- Microsoft Blatantly Steals From Startup? – Plurk Stunned and Confused(TheNextWeb)
- Microsoft China needs to follow Geek Rules: Don’t rip off code from Plurk!(ForeverGeek)
- Plurk Says Microsoft Stole Its Software For China Service(紐約時報科技版部落格)
- Microsoft China Accused of Copycat Code(華爾街日報中國實時報)
- Microsoft investigating charges it stole rival's code(微軟聲明正在調查相關指控)(Cnet News)
- 微軟官方聲明: Microsoft Statement Regarding MSN China Joint Venture’s Juku Feature(Microsoft PressPass)
- 原文:
REDMOND, Wash. – Dec. 15, 2009 – On Monday, December 14, questions arose over a beta application called Juku developed by a Chinese vendor for our MSN China joint venture. We immediately worked with our MSN China joint venture to investigate the situation.
The vendor has now acknowledged that a portion of the code they provided was indeed copied. This was in clear violation of the vendor’s contract with the MSN China joint venture, and equally inconsistent with Microsoft’s policies respecting intellectual property.
When we hire an outside company to do development work, our practice is to include strong language in our contract that clearly states the company must provide work that does not infringe the intellectual property rights of others. We are a company that respects intellectual property and it was never our intent to have a site that was not respectful of the work that others in the industry have done.
We will be suspending access to the Juku beta indefinitely.
We are obviously very disappointed, but we assume responsibility for this situation. We apologize to Plurk and we will be reaching out to them directly to explain what happened and the steps we have taken to resolve the situation.
In the wake of this incident, Microsoft and our MSN China joint venture will be taking a look at our practices around applications code provided by third-party vendors.
- 重點摘要:微軟表示,MSN聚酷由中國微軟聘請外包廠商製做,而這家外包的中國廠商已經承認確實有抄襲噗浪的部分程式碼,因此MSN聚酷服務將無限期暫停。微軟表示,這個事件明顯的違反微軟的智慧財產權政策,微軟也針對這樣的事件向噗浪道歉,並且將主動與噗浪取得聯繫,商議解決此情況的方法。最後微軟提到未來將更嚴格的檢查這些委外的程式專案。
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