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How is the plugin illegal?
It's not like a judge said it's illegal... what happened is that a huge multinational company sent a menacing letter to a developer regarding their hobby project, and the developer —understandably— decided to comply.
Yeah, even though the claim is 1000% horseshit, it’s not like some small time python dad has the means to defend against a giant multinational in court.
Laws are only for the common man.
The developer has not yet fully complied - the repo is still up, they have legal insurance and are in discussion with lawyers, and they have responded requesting clarification on the specifics of their alleged "violation".
In the mean time, I think many people have reached out to Haier to express their displeasure. On an unrelated note, the original menacing letter came from [email protected] in case anyone was curious.
Ask those brain dead fucks at Haier
It sounds like someone out of their jurisdiction should host the repos and tell them to pound sand.
Codeberg is hosted in Germany
Pretty sure the maintainer is in Germany so that wouldn’t help (unless you meant something else by your comment)