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Without additional context, it appears this is just some high school drama going on in a relatively minor project? I mean, yeah, clearly the MIT License would

Without additional context, it appears this is just some high school drama going on in a relatively minor project? I mean, yeah, clearly the MIT License would seem to be at odds with his stated reasoning... But this is not a war between companies. It's just some young guy who decided to let his friends clone his project, and then he had a falling out with them, so he unilaterally tried to un-clone it and use the DMCA to do so? Childish, and maybe it will succeed and maybe it won't.... but it's just one doofus on a nothing project....

irl_zebra 11y ago
Looks like it has already been taken down, according to the links. So looks like it did succeed, at least for now.
- masklinn 11y ago
  > Looks like it has already been taken down IIRC that's effectively a requirement of DMCA takedown requests. In theory the host can refuse to execute a compliant DMCA notice but that means they become party and lose their safe harbour exemption. Most OSPs don't really bother validating notices at all.
Tzadeck 11y ago
Before Wahoo, the DMCA filer worked as an OMF core member, and months later created Wahoo, which is a totally different project. Eventually all collaborators decided to reunite, and the code base was completely replaced with wahoo, sans the name, but due to "disagreements" they split. The project actually has a long history.
ncr100 11y ago
So ... Companies rights are more important than individuals?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
  Is this your first day in the modern western world.
- knodi123 11y ago
  No, I'm not saying that at all. What I'm saying is that drama involving about 4 or 5 people is not very important to the rest of the world. If I create a github project containing my favorite vim color scheme, and then I get in an argument with a friend and try to have his fork deleted, will everyone on hacker news talk about me too?

irl_zebra 11y ago

Looks like it has already been taken down, according to the links. So looks like it did succeed, at least for now.

masklinn 11y ago
> Looks like it has already been taken down IIRC that's effectively a requirement of DMCA takedown requests. In theory the host can refuse to execute a compliant DMCA notice but that means they become party and lose their safe harbour exemption. Most OSPs don't really bother validating notices at all.

Tzadeck 11y ago

Before Wahoo, the DMCA filer worked as an OMF core member, and months later created Wahoo, which is a totally different project. Eventually all collaborators decided to reunite, and the code base was completely replaced with wahoo, sans the name, but due to "disagreements" they split. The project actually has a long history.

ncr100 11y ago

So ... Companies rights are more important than individuals?

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
Is this your first day in the modern western world.
knodi123 11y ago
No, I'm not saying that at all. What I'm saying is that drama involving about 4 or 5 people is not very important to the rest of the world. If I create a github project containing my favorite vim color scheme, and then I get in an argument with a friend and try to have his fork deleted, will everyone on hacker news talk about me too?