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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by wutbrodo on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:36PM (#27425451)
It's not the whole picture, but the article links to the full email exchange. It's difficult for me to imagine what missing information would lead to the CEO's messages being appropriate.
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by sintaxi on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:13PM (#27427862)
OP did take the project offline - which shows there is at least some doubt in his own mind.
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by Nekhrimah on Monday June 07, 2021 @07:08PM (#27428496)
My understanding based on the blog post was that it was cautionary due to the threat of legal action. It seems clear that there isn't any doubt - it's caution due to the stakes.
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by vidarh on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @03:00AM (#27431416)
When faced with an irrational actor making legal threats the rational choice might well be to back down even if you're 100% in the right but your loss from backing down is minor, so it tells us nothing.
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