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Re:Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Progra... by appdeveloper on Friday August 02, 2013 @04:38PM (#6149508)
I agree- it's not okay to take proprietary code. But criminal charges and an 8 year sentence? Totally disproportionate.
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Re:Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Progra... by perlpimp on Saturday August 03, 2013 @06:07AM (#6151669)
That is some advertisement for Goldman, work for us and you will be fine, quit and we will sic FBI, Police or whoever we can find to persecute you, take your money destroy your family and ...

.. man this sounds like some mafia.

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Re:Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Progra... by nohuck13 on Saturday August 03, 2013 @05:45AM (#6151631)
Oh, agreed. I was surprised at the attitude that taking code might be a commonplace thing. Didn't mean to defend the punishment.
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