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marssaxman
Can you explain what is going on here? With no backstory, the page you've linked is completely incomprehensible.
xal
TLDR: Chinese clone Shopify and put it on Github. CEO writes pull request to delete the entire project instead of a Cease & Desist.
edwardog
Disclaimer: I am a Shopify employee.

Backstory: Shopify.com was recently ripped off as Shopqi.com – the job was pretty impressive! They copied our brochure, wiki, theme store, and from the look of their Rails app, a good chunk of our domain models too. Nice to see the Chinese version of Active Merchant as well.

The author of the ripoff posted the source on http://github.com as open source: https://github.com/saberma/shopqi

Tobi, Shopify CEO, decided to make a pull request in response.

olalonde
Disclaimer: Shopqi's author is an acquaintance.

    Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Seriously though, the backend can't possibly infringe on your intellectual property right?