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tooltitude on Feb 6, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Of regrets

As far as I remember, the author of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Intellectual-Property-Open-Source-Pro...

Recommended a scheme to shield OSS developers from liability. I am not a lawyer, so it looked a bit overly cautious to me, but it seems that was a good idea.

tooltitude on Feb 6, 2023 [–]

See the chapter 14 called incorporating as non-profit. He mentions a case where Gaim (a messenger software) developers were sued by AOL.

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