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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
The process is the punishment. Average Joe cannot go toe-to-toe in the legal system as it stands right now. The one with the most money nearly always wins, and - as in this case - the threat of financially ruinous litigation is enough.

>>all2+vb
And the solution is to nerf copyright into the dirt like you'd nerf an overpowered item in a game.

>>ronsor+Ob
Are you aware that copyright law is the foundation of FOSS licenses?

>>AceJoh+rg
You wouldn't need it if copyright didn't exist in the first place

>>jimnot+Ah
Of course you would. For example, thanks to copyright law, Linksys was forced to share their Linux customizations to run on router hardware, which led to the creation of the OpenWRT project.

Without copyright law, any actor can take your open system and close it.

>>AceJoh+Ki
A lot of people are fine with that. Look at everyone who uses the BSD or MIT license.