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This sounds intentionally deceptive and doubt it would hold much weight.

• dataflow 5y ago
  How is it different from a company intentionally using GPL code until they get accused of copyright infringement? Both of them are deceptive, but both seem potentially quite hard to prove as such.
  • bottled_poe 5y ago
    It’s different, because it’s not the same thing. I’m not defending either side here, just saying.. let’s keep the rhetoric out of the debate.
    • dataflow 5y ago
      > It’s different, because it’s not the same thing. I’m not defending either side here, just saying.. let’s keep the rhetoric out of the debate. I'm not sure what you're calling "rhetoric", and I'm not defending either side either. The point of an analogy isn't to give an identical situation, it's to draw a parallel. So far as I can see, it's the flip side of the same issue. I'm not seeing anyone make a compelling case (or really, any case) to the contrary.
    • oasisbob 5y ago
      Rhetoric is the art of persuasion. It's not a flaw in communication which one should try and avoid; rather, it's a very useful set of skills to develop. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/rhetorical_situation/index.html https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/...