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> Keeping off-the-record or confidential information (whether about YC itself or a YC company) private and secret.

> Not behaving in a way that damages the reputation of his/her company or of YC.

This can turn 'unethical' pretty darn fast.

Ethics are hard. And the law should be an overriding concern in most instances. I think more examples and more explicit guidelines would help the founders judgment. I fear this could get real ugly when (not if) conflicts arise and the punishment of revocation of founder status is strictly enforced.

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