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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by SamoyedFurFluff on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:30PM (#27426244)
A few hundred dollars? For a new grad that is a ton of money!
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by munk-a on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:42PM (#27428222)
And that's sorta the rub - these costs are all really reasonable to anyone who's been working a white collar job for a few years, but it can be hard to afford for new employees and people in poverty.

Thankfully there are organizations that will take up your legal fight for free in the US.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by mypalmike on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:44PM (#27426418)
No doubt. My point was to provide an approximate bounds based on my experience in doing this for one-off legal matters.
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