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Re:Google is sending out blankets to open-source developers by mnarayan01 on Friday May 03, 2013 @10:52AM (#5650374)
I assume it's based upon the idea of sending plague-ridden blankets. The sic being there to denote that they are actually sending blankets; it's not a metaphor. That said, it's not a great usage.
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