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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by bluefirebrand on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @02:26PM (#39194479)
> Or a job. "We will give you a job offer to work on X if you C&D your own work on X

I'm honestly surprised this doesn't happen more in the gaming industry with companies buying big name mods and hiring the mod writers.

I know a lot of mod writers would probably be opposed because they actually just want to make free stuff, but some would probably launch careers off of it.

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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by ntqvm on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @03:34PM (#39195398)
This exact situation happened with Roblox - they shut down then hired the biggest cheat developers for their game. Kinda funny.
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Re:How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from... by bluefirebrand on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @04:12PM (#39195897)
Yeah, there are examples of it happening here and there. That's part of why I'm surprised it doesn't happen more. It seems like an easy avenue to hire talented and passionate people who want to work on your thing.
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