Comment on Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That would be illegal, and you should absolutely not do that. Just like you shouldn’t clone the invidious repos just in case (/s)

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It may or may not be illegal, they’re just throwing their weight around under the suggestion that it’s illegal. Knowing well that a single dev working on a plugin in their freetime isn’t likely to want to invest in legal proceedings.

    Which is even more reason to do the above, to stick it to them.

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    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Streisand Effect this bitch.

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    • praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yeah. just because they say so doesn’t mean that it’s actually illegal. they all always like to throw those legal threats anywhere they see fit.

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  • mrbubblesort@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why would it be illegal? A cease and desist is just a fancy letter saying do what we want or else we'll go crying to a judge. If the original dev hasn't done anything wrong (I'm not familiar with the project but I'd still say that's highly likely to be the case) then there's nothing to worry about. So make all the clones you want, and watch a dumbass company Streisand itself

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    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes i know, it is why I am telling you NOT to do it. Nope. Don’t do it. At all.

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    • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If I were the dev, I’d want to either comply or get a lawyer, and getting a lawyer is expensive.

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  • Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I haven’t seen any notice, sounds legal to me.

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It wouldn’t be illegal if you hosted it in a country where there is no law against such a thing, and/or Haier does not have any presence which would grant them legal standing. Is anyone running a server farm in Sealand yet?

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• Dehydrated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Doesn’t sound like a bad plan

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Two repos:

    github.com/Andre0512/hOn github.com/Andre0512/pyhOn

    Fork that shit. Upload the source anywhere you can think. Do crime.

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    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Let’s hear Barbara SING!

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