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by skilled 780 days ago
I am not against having the title changed if mods want to do it, and if there are enough people who think that it should be changed.

In my opinion, he did win. The document clearly favours Jon as the other side admitted they have no evidence and made baseless claims - stuck their nose where they shouldn’t have.

Make no mistake that this was a serious character assassination based on zero proof or involvement from authorities.

This was not a bunch of IRC friends doing a prank for the lolz but an open letter with signatures from prominent community members.

I can understand why someone would feel inclined to do something like that, but you ought to consider the repercussions of your actions when it comes to attacking a person based on “word of mouth” evidence.

Everyone gets hurt in the process.

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He may have won, depending on what he was seeking through the action and what he received in the consent order. But he did not win in court. He won out of court, and used the court as a mechanism to record and eventually enforce what he won.