So is that why you need a "team of lawyers" and are asking for everyones help in doing this when you could just improve qmk or just write your own thing?esr wrote: ↑27 May 2021, 19:30Yes, it would be that. I maintain, at last count, somewhere over 50 open-source projects. I'm never short of work to do.
But it also true that lots of people can sling code. Far fewer also know IP law, have a nodding acquaintance with civil procedure in U.S. and Great Britain, have founded and run an organization that curates open-source licenses, and have rubber-meets-the-road experience in major IP litigation. In fact, as far as I know, that set is a singleton.
The hacker ethic I live by is that you apply your skills for the good of all where they're least replaceable, not where it's easiest.
Yeah im sure if he is dead his family wouldnt mind whatsoever about his address being published publically. Im sure someone whos lost a family member wants a bunch of neckbeards harassing them over it 7 years later
If soarer is alive and reading this Id imagine hes laughing his ass off at this thread. Comparing it to Shakespeare, and talking about international lawsuits over a vintage keyboard converter. Truly one for the books