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I'd be happy to do so if you can show me an outcome that is anything other than bad PR for us and an open source hacker looking like a jerk. We looked at this
by luckydude 15y ago
I'd be happy to do so if you can show me an outcome that is anything other than bad PR for us and an open source hacker looking like a jerk. We looked at this hard and for us the least bad outcome was to just to get the guy to stop and move on. Anything else was going to be like this thread, everyone saying it's not true and then, if they ever believed it was true, they'd still be pissed at us.
If some credible person in the open source community wants to talk to us about it, look at the evidence, and confirm the facts and relay that back without naming names, that's fine with me.
- brodie 15y agoI think you've already crossed the bad PR threshold, at least on HN. Substantiating your claims can only make your position more legitimate. It's hard to take this seriously based on hearsay.
- luckydude 15y agoI'll think about it. It's not an easy choice, the guy in question is someone that I liked a lot, tried to hire him, he's a good guy other than this one issue. As much as I'd like to show you all that I'm right I'm not sure that dragging someone through the mud is worth it. I'll think on it. Thanks for the suggestion.