Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project

Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by jascii on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:22PM (#27425256)

In the context of the article I took that as a gesture of goodwill while trying to talk out the misunderstanding. They had a relationship before this happened and it sounded like he wanted to maintain that relationship.

In the end, this was a hobby project for the author, and I can understand he might not want to deal with the stress involved with possible legislation. The bully is the aggressor here and lets try not to blame the victim.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by stOneskull on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:35PM (#27427329)

yep. we just won't ever use replit. their name is mud now.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by jascii on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:00PM (#27427670)

I'm still hoping the CEO will come out of the woods with something like: "I'm sorry, I had a shitty day and acted like an ass." But that might be more grown-up than is realistic...

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by heavyset_go on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:20PM (#27427978)

> I'm still hoping the CEO will come out of the woods with something like: "I'm sorry, I had a shitty day and acted like an ass."

We hope, but this is what we got:

> As a matter of principle, when someone goes into your home and steals from you, even if it's not material, you have to respond.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by jascii on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:12PM (#27427855)

And indeed: https://twitter.com/amasad/status/1401957368510906369

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by stOneskull on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:10PM (#27428516)

and the riju forking has begun

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