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>>heshie+(OP)
"Even if I believe that what I'm doing is morally correct and legally protected, legal processes still have a financial cost. I can't afford to take on that financial risk for something that I do in my spare time to help others." - this is very logical and exactly what I would have done but it still makes me very sad that this is the way the world works right now :(

>>jonoc+G9
This seems like a case where an organization like the EFF could help. Does anyone know if they are aware of this specific incident?

>>pdonis+Ha
The EFF would still need a defendant to defend. It sounds like that person is not interested in pursuing a legal battle, so we have already met the end of this road.

>>thomas+Jc
They could transfer the ownership of the code to someone else. This person/entity could put it back up and wait for Mazda attacking them.

>>andix+Ne
Wouldn't Mazda then go after both parties?

>>evan_+Jg
Usually you can't go after people for creating content, even if it's a copyright violation. They also can't "uncreate" it, they can't delete the concepts from their brain. You can only stop them from publishing/selling it.

In this case the code was on GitHub before, so they wouldn't even need to give the code to the new target entity, this entity could just copy it from an undisclosed person who has a copy.