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They're scared of Luigi still, got it
That's not what the article is about. Stack Overflow has kept content that Luigi created up, but removed his username, in violation of Creative Commons. Edited the post to make that more clear.
If they weren't afraid of what he represents they wouldn't have removed his name.
Yeah exactly. And they're not allowed to under the Creative Commons licence
...and yet...
Which is exactly the reason we are in a post discussing it.
Yup, it would be interesting to see this tried in court.
May I suggest a European one?
I don't see how that would be possible, as Mangioni is American and StackOverflow/StackExchange is based in the US. The only way this makes it to European courts is if somehow the holding company that owns it (Prosus) is sued, since they're headquartered in Amsterdam, but that seems incredibly unlikely.
Idk if theyre headquartered here maybe threes something in European laws idk.
Unlikely sure but I can wish it.
Although I like the company name.
This is the equivalent of a bank robber standing in a vault, filling his bag full of jewels. One of the hostages yelling "You can't do this, it's illegal." Some other guy yells "...and yet..." minutes before police sirens can be heard outside.
I look forward to Mangiine catching wind of this, which is basically theft, and adding it to the laundry list of things to be tried in court.
Indeed, I wonder if we'll start seeing reforms before or after a copycat strikes.
I doubt before. They're still hoping they can erase or villainize him. I expect the news media will ignore his trial in favor of whatever antics Trump or Musk are up to, and we won't hear much about him until there's a guilty verdict they can parade before the masses in order to dissuade them from copying him. If he does get mentioned, they'll be trying to frame him in as negative a light as possible and downplay his motives. I also expect the big social media will censor discussion under the guise of not promoting violence, or simply shadow ban any mention of him.