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How much of them sending takedown notices was a desperate posturing of "omg please please please please don't use our code!!!" I can't possibly see how they would possibly have any case.
If their code is proprietary, no one can use it. Even if they accidentally uploaded it to a public site.
Next tweet: “We sell a thing that prevents this kind of mistake ...” Just sayin.
How would you prefer free software be funded? :-P
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I’m not sure how universally true that is. When governments fail to redact documents, it’s on them. If you “accidentally” talk to a reporter about your solicitor-privileged comms, it’s not privileged anymore.
This isn't an open question. If you don't have a license from the copyright holder, you can't legally use it, except for fair use exemptions: perhaps you could write a blog post criticizing it.
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If their code is proprietary, no one can use it. Even if they accidentally uploaded it to a public site.
Absolutely not true. Anyone that lives in a country whose legal system does not respect their copyright can use it.
If you're saying any country where they don't respect it in practice, then sure.
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This isn't an open question. If you don't have a license from the copyright holder, you can't legally use it, except for fair use exemptions: perhaps you could write a blog post criticizing it.
Thats only true for the US and the countries adhering to US copyright. It's not universally true
The few exceptions are where copyright essentially doesn't exist at all. Where it does, this is how it works.
Abused the DMCA also. SMH.
It took them no less than 3 years to actually notice... Holy moly! I wonder what package that is... Just out of curiosity...