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>>davidg+(OP)
I think people may be drastically over-valuing their code. If it was emitting an entire meaningful product, that would be something else. But it’s emitting nuts and bolts.

If the issue is more specifically copyright infringement, then leverage the legal apparatus in place for that. Their lawyers might listen better.

This is not a strongly held opinion and if you disagree I would love to hear your constructive thoughts!

>>Waterl+Kj
>If it was emitting an entire meaningful product, that would be something else. But it’s emitting nuts and bolts.

Take a single C file or even a long function from the leaked Windows NT codebase and include it in your code. See how happy Microsoft will be with it. They spent millions of dollars on their legal teams. Eroding copyright protections will harm the weakest most. How many open source contributors can afford copyright lawyers?