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by wg0 1064 days ago
Totally agree, but the other side in response might label this whole situation as ransomeware, extortion etc. I mean "might", we can't be sure.
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CBarkleyU 1064 days ago
Is this some kind of next level sarcarsm that I'm not getting? The "other side" literally implied that the developers response better not have been a "thinly veiled extortion attempt". Not really sure how a developer of an open source project can extort IBM, but yknow...
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wg0 1064 days ago
No it is not sarcasm. It is a possible outcome of an interaction where the commercial entity needlessly accuses of extortion and such. Might happen.
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CBarkleyU 1064 days ago
Still not sure what you mean by "might happen". It literally did happen, check out the second screenshot.
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