> When you're surprised that this will be perceived as an attack instead of being helpful, I don't know what to say.

Correct. This is why I believe they (or at least some of them) weren’t actually surprised lol.

> If you can’t tell from his wisdom, it was not Cooper’s first time dealing with legal threats.

This is a quote from the post. The author acknowledged that his fellow researcher was experienced with interacting with lawyers for exactly this kind of scenario.

Red flag. Red hat?