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This is quite a change from when they ruined a man’s life for using Github.

by voisin 8y ago

geodel 8y ago
Not really. If someone try to do something what they consider stealing, they will still pursue the case with all legal might.
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- NowThenGoodBad 8y ago
  Hey, serious question but off topic from the thread: You used the word "what" where we would normally use the word "that". I've heard this done during speech numerous times from everyone ranging from fluent native speakers to learning nonnative speakers. Was there a specific reason you did it here?
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  - losvedir 8y ago
    It's a British dialect thing, but not sure if that's the case with the poster here. See: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/162619/usage-of-what-for-that-or-than-in-bre https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/162619/usage-of-...
    - mhh__ 8y ago
      Emphasis on a British dialect. There are many and most (by geographically area) don't use what in that context. Except for emphasis e.g. The way Jeremy Clarkson says "an ..." where he shouldn't.
  - geodel 8y ago
    Sorry. I am non-native speaker so very likely I am wrongly using 'what' in place of 'that'. After you mentioned I am feeling 'that' would be correct usage.
0815test 8y ago
Context: https://blog.garrytan.com/goldman-sachs-sent-a-brilliant-computer-scientist-to-jail-over-8mb-of-open-source-code-uploaded-to-an-svn-repo https://blog.garrytan.com/goldman-sachs-sent-a-brilliant-com... And this is why people are saying to exercise caution around this stuff!
- shurcooL 8y ago
  This makes me have second thoughts about getting the Apple Card, not sure I want to support this company after that.
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ceejayoz 8y ago
"We deliberately release some code as open source" is very different from "everything we write is open source and a random engineer is free to independently do whatever they want with it".
orev 8y ago
It was actually subversion and that was part of the case against him, using the dictionary definition of “subversion” to prove malicious intent.
- g6nhe9twPd66 8y ago
  It didn't help that he cleared his bash history making it look like he was concealing his actions.
chrisfinazzo 8y ago
Funny story, my neighbor is a partner in the law firm that represented Aleynikov. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/07/goldmans-secret-sauce-could-be-loose-online-markets-beware/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/07/goldmans-secret-...
- baybal2 8y ago
  Did the guy managed to get attorney fees from them?
  - chrisfinazzo 8y ago
    Oh, the firm got paid, but you have to think they feel for the guy a bit.
    - baybal2 8y ago
      I mean did he get it from of Goldman, not the client.
      - chrisfinazzo 8y ago
        Oh no, they've been dragging the court case out for years. His employment at another firm was suspended when the story broke and he's been in and out of court and jail ever since (convicted, appeal, overturned, new charges, etc) from both NYS and Federal courts. Last I heard, he was given time served, but the founding partner of the firm - who was his primary legal counsel in the case - was trying to get that conviction stricken from his record as well.

This is quite a change from when they ruined a man’s life for using Github.

by voisin 8y ago

This is quite a change from when they ruined a man’s life for using Github.

Not really. If someone try to do something what they consider stealing, they will still pursue the case with all legal might.

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NowThenGoodBad 8y ago
Hey, serious question but off topic from the thread: You used the word "what" where we would normally use the word "that". I've heard this done during speech numerous times from everyone ranging from fluent native speakers to learning nonnative speakers. Was there a specific reason you did it here?
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- losvedir 8y ago
  It's a British dialect thing, but not sure if that's the case with the poster here. See: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/162619/usage-of-what-for-that-or-than-in-bre https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/162619/usage-of-...
  - mhh__ 8y ago
    Emphasis on a British dialect. There are many and most (by geographically area) don't use what in that context. Except for emphasis e.g. The way Jeremy Clarkson says "an ..." where he shouldn't.
- geodel 8y ago
  Sorry. I am non-native speaker so very likely I am wrongly using 'what' in place of 'that'. After you mentioned I am feeling 'that' would be correct usage.

0815test 8y ago

Context: https://blog.garrytan.com/goldman-sachs-sent-a-brilliant-computer-scientist-to-jail-over-8mb-of-open-source-code-uploaded-to-an-svn-repo https://blog.garrytan.com/goldman-sachs-sent-a-brilliant-com... And this is why people are saying to exercise caution around this stuff!

shurcooL 8y ago
This makes me have second thoughts about getting the Apple Card, not sure I want to support this company after that.

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ceejayoz 8y ago

"We deliberately release some code as open source" is very different from "everything we write is open source and a random engineer is free to independently do whatever they want with it".

orev 8y ago

It was actually subversion and that was part of the case against him, using the dictionary definition of “subversion” to prove malicious intent.

g6nhe9twPd66 8y ago
It didn't help that he cleared his bash history making it look like he was concealing his actions.

chrisfinazzo 8y ago

Funny story, my neighbor is a partner in the law firm that represented Aleynikov. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/07/goldmans-secret-sauce-could-be-loose-online-markets-beware/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/07/goldmans-secret-...

baybal2 8y ago
Did the guy managed to get attorney fees from them?
- chrisfinazzo 8y ago
  Oh, the firm got paid, but you have to think they feel for the guy a bit.
  - baybal2 8y ago
    I mean did he get it from of Goldman, not the client.
    - chrisfinazzo 8y ago
      Oh no, they've been dragging the court case out for years. His employment at another firm was suspended when the story broke and he's been in and out of court and jail ever since (convicted, appeal, overturned, new charges, etc) from both NYS and Federal courts. Last I heard, he was given time served, but the founding partner of the firm - who was his primary legal counsel in the case - was trying to get that conviction stricken from his record as well.