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9.5 rules of doing business in Russia 1. Keep your servers abroad. 2. Register your domains abroad. 3. Register your company abroad. 4. Keep your money abroad and don't put all eggs in one basket. 5. Seriously, don't put all your eggs in one basket! 6. Keep your database abroad. 7. Document everything regarding your office setup. 8. Split the risks and assets. 9. You can give youself up voluntarily. Find a large patr…
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TLDR: Igor Sysoev started Nginx while employed by Rambler, who did not then claim copyright, but now they have. The police raid is a result of that claim.
KGB wants their piece of cake. Classic
Looking at the search warrant[1] the claim is that Nginx was developed while the author still worked at Rambler and during work time.
[1] https://twitter.com/AntNesterov/status/1205086129504104460
Slightly easier to read: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1205086129504104460.html TLDR: Igor Sysoev started Nginx while employed by Rambler, who did not then claim copyright, but now they have. The police raid is a result of that claim.
Apparently some company called "Lynwood Investments CY Ltd" has bought the rights for copyright enforcement from Rambler Group - I guess this is classed as "copyright trolling"? Looking at the search warrant[1] the claim is that Nginx was developed while the author still worked at Rambler and during work time. [1] https://twitter.com/AntNesterov/status/1205086129504104460
KGB wants their piece of cake. Classic
The KGB was broken up in 1991.
I once had business dealings with a former American head of the KPMG accounting offices in Moscow. They were raided too. After he handed over all the documents the Russian colonel in charge of the raid on site praised him mockingly: "You are a good corporate citizen".