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931 points sohzm | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 02:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kratoskr221 ◴[04 Jul 25 03:05 UTC] No.44460824[source]▶
Is there a way to file lawsuits for such cases? These incidents lead to death of open-source and crush hearts of open-source developers.
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bawolff ◴[04 Jul 25 07:23 UTC] No.44461997[source]▶
Seems like this would be a pretty open and shut case of copyright infringement.
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luke5441 ◴[04 Jul 25 08:10 UTC] No.44462314[source]▶
Pursuing something like this would perhaps cost more than 200k in the US. And then the startup would likely just fold and you get nothing in return.
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1. ozgrakkurt ◴[04 Jul 25 08:39 UTC] No.44462493[source]▶
Unfortunately law being too expensive to pursue makes it practically non-existent. All IP/copyright etc. laws are complete bs because of this.

A large corporation can just roll over you and then say sorry and maybe pay some pocket change money