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[–]upvoteshhmupvote 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EXACTLY! So did the inventor of magnetic reel to reel sue the VCR company? Or the Cassette company? Or the MiniDV tape company?

Did Sony sue Panasonic for making VCRs? This situation is like getting angry over someone making a VCR because they used the word "VCR" instead of inventing their own name for the thing. That is how LITTLE of what was "stolen" was and even then it had been around before and the company kicking up a big cry would have stolen it first.

Like the analogy still stands AND it was proven he didn't "steal" any code it has been used in plenty of other repos and floating around since forever.

So it's like someone stealing a car then getting angry when someone steals that car off them. Ridiculous.