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Unrelated to this particular scandal and its (likely?) resolution, but, if I were them, I'd immediately fire the guy who was essentially threatening to torture/

Unrelated to this particular scandal and its (likely?) resolution, but, if I were them, I'd immediately fire the guy who was essentially threatening to torture/kill someone in a GitHub issue a few days ago over an alleged copyright infringement dispute (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27891005 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27891005). Then maybe they can start moving past the last few months of chaos. He's "Head of Strategy", though, so doubtful anything will happen. [Latest updates to the story below] A supposedly leaked statement from their "Chief Product Officer", possibly suggesting the death threat is officially approved: >We put a lot of effort to neutralize his code, and spent a lot of $ and time for this. His actions are total copyright infringement. So I suppose none of us should worry about his feelings. Response from the threatened author: >If the statement is real, does it mean my project costs them a lot of money and effort, so it's ok to send a kind of death-threat to me? The author posted a call for help here: https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/130#issuecomment-884549957 https://github.com/Xmader/musescore-downloader/issues/130#is... >Rather than money, more importantly, I need good lawyers for copyright, immigration status / status of political refugee I find this orders of magnitude more outrageous and infuriating than the telemetry brouhaha. Based on the actual facts, that scandal seemed a bit overblown despite their poor handling of it. This, on the other hand, is truly fucked up.

perihelions 5y ago
I've submitted that call for help as a separate HN story. Seems pretty damn important!
dkdbejwi383 5y ago
I think this situation/comments have been blown out of proportion a bit. To me, the situation reads more like: Muse Group have held back on litigating over copyright infringement (whether that is a valid claim or not) because they are aware of the alleged infringer's precarious political situation, however they've turned a blind eye for too long and are now in a difficult position where they either lose money where they are paying for licences for content that this developer has allegedly stolen, or they litigate to protect their interest and risk having the guy deported. It seems like they're just trying to be frank and level with the guy. Maybe it's just that text isn't the best way to get this message across, or the CPO's communication style doesn't work for some folks. But I don't think it's like an "offer you can't refuse" mobster tactic as some would like to claim.
- meowface 5y ago
  I wrote a more lengthy comment about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27927878 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27927878 In my opinion, even if you earnestly try to read it as charitably as possible and give full benefit of the doubt, it's still not good.

perihelions 5y ago

I've submitted that call for help as a separate HN story. Seems pretty damn important!

dkdbejwi383 5y ago

I think this situation/comments have been blown out of proportion a bit. To me, the situation reads more like: Muse Group have held back on litigating over copyright infringement (whether that is a valid claim or not) because they are aware of the alleged infringer's precarious political situation, however they've turned a blind eye for too long and are now in a difficult position where they either lose money where they are paying for licences for content that this developer has allegedly stolen, or they litigate to protect their interest and risk having the guy deported. It seems like they're just trying to be frank and level with the guy. Maybe it's just that text isn't the best way to get this message across, or the CPO's communication style doesn't work for some folks. But I don't think it's like an "offer you can't refuse" mobster tactic as some would like to claim.

meowface 5y ago
I wrote a more lengthy comment about it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27927878 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27927878 In my opinion, even if you earnestly try to read it as charitably as possible and give full benefit of the doubt, it's still not good.