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617 points EvgeniyZh | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0s | source
1. switch007 ◴[] No.43577128[source]
Guys, even reading this article could land you in jail!! Reading the code will forever taint your knowledge and cause every line you write to be subject to a lawsuit !! Stay safe !11

(Anyone else remember 2004, how scared everyone was when the Windows 2000 source was leaked?)

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2. vasco ◴[] No.43578778[source]
It's like how you see blogs with "not my company's words" and comments online with disclaimers "I'm not a lawyer". They serve no purpose other than telling you that person has a misadjusted sense of risk.
3. timewizard ◴[] No.43579030[source]
> and cause every line you write to be subject to a lawsuit

See: Oracle v Google.

> Anyone else remember 2004

Remember John Ashcroft? The legal system was not as sophisticated then as it is now and juries were unlikely to penetrate even the basic issues of a case.