# Guys - Sharing some Legal Info on yearn and claims to the IP

**URL:** <https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249>\
**Category:** Feedback\
**Created:** [28 July 2020 01:53 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249 "2020-07-28T01:53:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![GodSpeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GodSpeed](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/GodSpeed)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 01:53 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249/1 "2020-07-28T01:53:17Z")

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Not Sure if you have seen this or not, but XAR a South African business associate to Fantom is claiming all the IP rights to yearn saying the concept ideas were theirs.

 ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/yearn/original/1X/0502dbdeedff82f5fb31d9f7ebd4badf58d6387b.png)

Legal Documents can be found here:  
[https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=DownloadFile&id=7a61fa221fa995ec77bd2f62d82f106a](https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=DownloadFile&id=7a61fa221fa995ec77bd2f62d82f106a)

[https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=DownloadFile&id=8e2a309f6d65791997a67a9a660dc470](https://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action=DownloadFile&id=8e2a309f6d65791997a67a9a660dc470)

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**Author:** ![criptodee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.yearn.fi/criptodee/32/162_2.png) [@criptodee](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/criptodee)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 02:50 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249/2 "2020-07-28T02:50:06Z")

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Addressed by Andre here:

[https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1285939362530840576](https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1285939362530840576)

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**Author:** ![ETH\_Maximalist](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.yearn.fi/eth_maximalist/32/310_2.png) [@ETH\_Maximalist](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/ETH_Maximalist)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 06:26 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249/3 "2020-07-28T06:26:25Z")

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From a technical point of view, how likely is it that they can shutdown yearn? The smart contracts are on Ethereum, so they can survive, but what about the front end?

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**Author:** ![YieldBouncer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/gov.yearn.fi/yieldbouncer/32/62_2.png) [@YieldBouncer](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/YieldBouncer)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 07:38 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249/4 "2020-07-28T07:38:25Z")

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Front end is open source. Its super easy to rebuild anyway if needed.

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**Author:** ![milkyklim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@milkyklim](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/milkyklim)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 09:33 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249/5 "2020-07-28T09:33:43Z")

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From tech perspective it boils down to buying new domain.

Closing this one cause excessive answer is provided by criptodee.

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**Author:** ![milkyklim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3be4f8/32.png) [@milkyklim](https://gov.yearn.fi/u/milkyklim)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2020 09:33 UTC](https://gov.yearn.fi/t/guys-sharing-some-legal-info-on-yearn-and-claims-to-the-ip/1249/6 "2020-07-28T09:33:49Z")

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Closed on 28 July 2020 09:33 UTC