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The EFF's letter gave them the legal justification they needed to restore it. It helped. The fact they restored everything in just a day after receiving it mak
by scrollaway 6y ago
The EFF's letter gave them the legal justification they needed to restore it. It helped.
The fact they restored everything in just a day after receiving it makes that pretty clear. They didn't need to evaluate their options much at all; as soon as they received it, the repo was back. I wouldn't even be surprised to learn that the EFF talked off the record with GitHub beforehand.
- CivBase 6y agoWhy didn't they have "the legal justification they needed to restore it" before the EFF sent their letter? We're talking about Microsoft here. I do not believe they are so helpless.
- scrollaway 6y agoDude, I'm not a lawyer. Either you are, and you can explain it to me, or you're not, and you don't know better than I do.
- CivBase 6y agoI'm not a lawyer either. That's why I'm asking for an explanation on HN.