Comment on Haier, the air conditioner maker, takes down open source third-party Home Assistant integration

notannpc@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

“demand that you immediately cease and desist all illegal activities”

Good news everyone, this companies TOS is not the law. That code doesn’t do anything illegal. At best they could file a frivolous lawsuit that they would surely lose if it went to any competent judge.

Of course their aim is to use the cost of a potential lawsuit to kill a perfectly legal project. I wonder if any FOSS legal funds would help take on a fight like this to stop companies from using lawsuits to kill FOSS projects.

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