There are plenty of me-too's borrowing from YC's model in an attempt to clone it. This company just happens to take the additional step of stealing from the YC application.
It's shady but it goes on. Be glad some light was shed on this particular misuse and skip these guys if you don't agree with their actions.
They won't hurt YC's brand and they won't injure the value of the YC companies. This type of thing -- whether an act of theft, laziness, or both -- only hurts the offender. Just looks at some of the other comments in this thread.
I'm with aristus... this isn't anything to get excited about.
It's shady but it goes on. Be glad some light was shed on this particular misuse and skip these guys if you don't agree with their actions.
They won't hurt YC's brand and they won't injure the value of the YC companies. This type of thing -- whether an act of theft, laziness, or both -- only hurts the offender. Just looks at some of the other comments in this thread.
I'm with aristus... this isn't anything to get excited about.