🔗 Haier hits Home Assistant plugin dev with takedown notice
Bill Toulas, writing at Bleeping Computer:
"Targeting open-source software developers tends to backfire for companies, as others fork or clone the code repositories to prevent the projects from disappearing."
"At this time, the Haier home assistant plugins have been forked 228 times, many occurring since the news of the legal threats."
Now?
1,462 forks.
These were niche plugins for niche software for a niche audience before Haier let the lawyers loose.
Hey Haier, Ms. Streisand called… she wants her effect back.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/haier-hits-home-assistant-plugin-dev-with-takedown-notice/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
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