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Feels like a bad time to bite the hand that was willing to defend a precedent that serves everyone (if publishers were successful there, they'd have a much easi
by ballenf 5y ago
Feels like a bad time to bite the hand that was willing to defend a precedent that serves everyone (if publishers were successful there, they'd have a much easier time arguing in other countries for "harmonization" legislation).
- 1f60c 5y agoLet's hope their lawyers don't read HN. :-)
- gowld 5y agoIt's a good time to think about how to fund legal defense for free / open source software, and not rely on alliances with scammy companies.
- Aperocky 5y agoPrecedent or not, they have no ability to enforce any of such ridiculous claim had it gone the other way, it's like certain governments trying to 'ban' encryption.