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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by harrygeez on Saturday June 02, 2018 @11:20AM (#17214925)
What happened was truly awful, but I don't think it's fair to blame MSFT when probably what happened was a few employees trying to take all credit for code they didn't write. From the thread it seems that he did not reach out to MSFT via any official channels and only informed "people he knew at MSFT".
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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by hliyan on Saturday June 02, 2018 @12:56PM (#17215343)
Unfortunately, the thing about corporate personhood is that corporations are responsible for the actions of their employees. Unless of course, they can show that the employee was acting against explicit instructions or policies.
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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by djajshgsjja on Saturday June 02, 2018 @01:15PM (#17215425)
Without a doubt, stealing code like this is against policies at Microsoft.
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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by jen20 on Saturday June 02, 2018 @01:16PM (#17215428)
So, someone should be fired for violation of these (serious) policies?
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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by lobotryas on Saturday June 02, 2018 @01:55PM (#17215588)
If what the author says is true then yes. Unfortunately they really bungled their case by trying to reach out through unofficial channels first.
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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by swerveonem on Saturday June 02, 2018 @05:11PM (#17216404)
Why does reaching out informally bungle the case?
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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by finnthehuman on Saturday June 02, 2018 @02:13PM (#17215657)
Under the principle-agent relationship (the concept, not the legal definition), I do think it's fair to blame Microsoft if they don't remedy this soon.

Out of curiosity, who _would_ the right person to contact at Microsoft be? In my experience public channels exist to isolate the rest of an organization from having to deal with the outside (including complaints about bad behavior).

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Re:How Microsoft stole my code and then spit on it by shanselman on Sunday June 03, 2018 @02:35PM (#17220986)
[email protected] or make an issue in GH or tweet any one of a dozen people like Miguel or me or Martin who care deeply about this stuff. It’ll all get routed eventually to the Office of Open Source.
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