Brodie Robertson
Random Tux User@BrodieOnLinux
I mean I'm not sure the FSF wants anyone to take them seriously anymore. Given what they stand for, giving a cease and desist order without any communication to a FOSS project seems very hypocritical.
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NiceMicro@enthusiast101 technically, a cease and desist letter is a communication. It is not an action involving the legal system or anything.
you send a cease and desist out of courtesy sometimes or as a threat, but the "without any communication" case is when you sue them and serve them.
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Oh didn't know the difference, I assumed it was always an aggressive way to threaten someone. Like its more of an order than a conversation.
Oh didn't know the difference, I assumed it was always an aggressive way to threaten someone. Like its more of an order than a conversation.
@enthusiast101 I mean it is definitely an aggressive thing, and not a nice gesture, because if done correctly, a cease and desist is going to be used in a lawsuit as "we told them clearly that they shouldn't do it and they did it nevertheless". And in most cases, people do threaten with a lawsuit (which the GNU boot folks didn't do).
I'm not saying, they couldn't have been nicer, but they definitely didn't go the nuclear option 😂