NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company’s code::NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees.
LOOL sit: https://archive.is/k7GJM
Valeo claims Moniruzzaman realized the expertise he had gained working on its projects made him “exceedingly valuable to Nvidia.” In 2021, according to the lawsuit, shortly before he left Valeo, Moniruzzaman spirited tens of thousands of files and six gigabytes of the company’s source code to his personal email account. He allegedly tried to hide his misconduct by subsequently deleting his personal account’s authorized access to the Valeo network.
Almost as dumb as the person who tried to steal Coca Cola’s inner can coating trade secrets
Well you gotta stay ahead of the competition somehow. And nVidia is nVidia. They do this kind of thing all the time, until it can be proven. Sadly this will have very little repercussions. They will settle outside of court for some lofty sum of money they can easily afford and job done keep doing it. I assume this is another reason why they will never open source their drivers.
They won’t open source their drivers, but community will) NVK for the way, recently they passed vulkan 1.0 test, progress is going bois)
NVIDIA is pouring billions into scientific research. They’re not trying to stay ahead of the competition by stealing secrets, they are the ones doing the groundbreaking research
Sure, every company invests at least to a degree into R&D, that’s how you stay ahead but this is not the first time nVidia has been caught doing shady stuff. For them it’s biggest income for least amount of effort users be damned. This video albeit old and outdated does a good job at illustrating how nVidia loves abusing their position and just how malicious they are given the opportunity.
Why not both?
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This is a silly hot take. If I figured something out before the rest of the world, I’m entitled to my knowledge and don’t owe sharing it with the world if I don’t want to.
Proprietary is a way to keep market share longer than the competition, that’s it. If you figured something complex out earlier, then you’re set for a while until your competition figures it out too.
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What industry do you work in? Or of more relevance: what industry experience do you have?
Within a week lol
No.
