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My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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Post by hkmurakami »

louthy wrote: post #2

For somebody who doesn't want to talk about the case, he sure does talk about the case an awful lot!

Might be because there's definitely an element of "the court of public opinion" for these two consumer product companies (and given Opera's stance, OP must feel some sense of loyalty/responsibility to defending Mozilla's name and public image)

edit: Correction by magclock. Mozilla (so far) isn't directly involved in the suit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5629534

Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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Post by louthy »

hkmurakami wrote: post #3
louthy wrote: post #2

For somebody who doesn't want to talk about the case, he sure does talk about the case an awful lot!

Might be because there's definitely an element of "the court of public opinion" for these two consumer product companies (and given Opera's stance, OP must feel some sense of loyalty/responsibility to defending Mozilla's name and public image) edit: Correction by magclock. Mozilla (so far) isn't directly involved in the suit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5629534

Quite, but one of the reasons for not talking about a case is to not give the opposition any ammunition. It's best to just keep quiet until the case is over.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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Post by suyash »

It's ironic that both the companies which are proponet of non-profit open source software are engaged in this battle. Opera's legal counsel need to reassess this case, I don't think they can get $3.4million from this guy, what is the point of going after him?

Re: My former employer Opera Software has filed a lawsuit against me

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Post by hkmurakami »

louthy wrote: post #7
hkmurakami wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Might be because there's definitely an element of "the court of public opinion" for these two consumer product companies (and given Opera's stance, OP must feel some sense of loyalty/responsibility to defending Mozilla's name and public image) edit: Correction by magclock. Mozilla (so far) isn't directly involved in the suit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5629534

Quite, but one of the reasons for not talking about a case is to not give the opposition any ammunition. It's best to just keep quiet until the case is over. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Right; it's definitely a fine line to walk. I'm not sure what is the 'correct' strategy either; we'll have to wait and see.
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