Stefan Mileschin

Redcore borrows significantly from Google but it is not plagiarism

Redcore, a Chinese start-up that claims to have produced a homegrown browser used by key government bodies and state-run companies, has come under fire after users discovered its software was heavily based on Google's Chrome.

The company claims it has created "innovative and world-leading" browser technology but was looking a little sheepish when users looked through the browser's installation directory and discovered an original "chrome.exe" file along with image files of the Chrome logo.

This is somewhat different from what is stated on the outfit’s website where it is proudly declared to be the purely China-owned browser to break the US monopoly.

The Financial Times verified Chinese users' findings and found with its own examination that Redcore was using components from the v. 49 version of Google Chrome.

Company founder Gao Jing admitted that Redcore has Chrome elements in it.

“But this is not plagiarism; rather, we are standing on the shoulders of a giant for our own innovation", she added, according to local media reports.

Gao was also quoted as saying that the company had so far been doing very well in terms of customer satisfaction, which is always nice.

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