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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by zeroonetwothree on Thursday January 02, 2025 @10:46PM (#42582171)
It's also possible such a law (in the US) would violate the first amendment (being "compelled speech").
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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by f1refly on Friday January 03, 2025 @12:55AM (#42582943)
Laws are just made up by people, we can make up new ones if we want.
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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by tikhonj on Friday January 03, 2025 @03:10AM (#42583645)
I mean, there's a reasonable argument that large swathes of current copyright law in the US also violate the First Amendment. I haven't read it yet, but the book No Law from Stanford University Press[1] makes that argument and has been on my to-read list for a while.

[1]: https://www.sup.org/books/law/no-law

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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by dns_snek on Friday January 03, 2025 @04:47AM (#42584195)
Do food nutrition labels violate the first amendment, being compelled speech?
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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by globular-toast on Saturday January 04, 2025 @03:52AM (#42593497)
But nobody is compelling anyone to write and release software. It's no different to requiring food to include a list of ingredients or products to include safety standards references etc.
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