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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by Me1000 on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:33PM (#27430031)
Not just legal threats, the whole line about being “the most demanding intern we’ve ever had” was an ad hominem attack that was completely out of line. It was cruel, mean, unnecessary, and unprofessional.
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by atoav on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @03:05AM (#27431440)
Well even if they was "demanding" behaviour (whatever that even means), there would be no real way for the outside to check if it was true, without relying on the statements of persons involved.

This is why such a statement should have been avoided altogether, especially if the other side seemes to be cooperating.

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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by TeMPOraL on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:29AM (#27431907)
As much unnecessary such statement was, I could understand it if it was a) true, and b) stood alone in the correspondence. But apparently, he said it just after offering the guy a job (in a way that I read as implying he'd offer him a role of a senior engineer or a manager).
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by chandra381 on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:54PM (#27430146)
Yeah what was up with that?
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Re:Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project by jonny_eh on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:28PM (#27438192)
It was a tell about this guy's personality.
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