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As the other comment says, you have to basically dox yourself to respond in the legal sense, and of course there's expenses even to just doing everything yourse
by ToucanLoucan 2y ago
As the other comment says, you have to basically dox yourself to respond in the legal sense, and of course there's expenses even to just doing everything yourself.
The law inherently favors corporations because every Tom Dick and Harry in the US of A doesn't have a lawyer, let alone an entire legal department. Yeah they might be wrong but they have basically infinite resources to drag out the process of you proving that until you call it quits for your own sanity, or simply run out of money to fight back.
Like the author of the post says, most of America's legal system is set up pretty explicitly to serve corporations.
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoIt is, and I get it, but there's a defiant part of me that says 'oh really, you want to come after my open source project? Let's go'. I mean, other than my time, if I'm well informed enough to fight just these lawsuits, what are the costs?
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoAlmost any court of sufficient level has filing fees for every legal motion that may be required in your case. Also, many courts require you to be physically present to argue your case, which depending where your case is actually being heard, could cost jack shit, or could cost a fortune. Not to mention the loss of income if you work a typical job, since you'll be taking time off, hopefully paid, to go to court. And of course hours and hours of research and uncompensated labor just to do all the paperwork involved.
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoYeah, I'm mainly thinking of defending open source projects in retirement. The thought of being a nuisance to John Deer, Nintendo, Sony, etc tickles me a bit.
- kbolino 2y agoJust responding to the one point about physical presence: post-COVID, is it not possible to appear virtually?
- qingcharles 2y agoDepends on the court, depends on the judge. I've known several judges that 100% require in-person, and they are doing that solely to be pricks.