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It would be stupid to put him in to trouble. Maybe we could help him in some way?

I would guess if he made code publically available before he started at zuken they can't make complaint. Is this the case?


On Thu, 19 May 2016 22:22:26 -0400
al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 May 2016 15:40:46 -0400
> "Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
> <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> > On 05/18/2016 02:43 PM, Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) [via
> > geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > > AFAICT, the freerouting web app ceased to exist thanks to Big EDA
> > > bullying the developer into retirement and off the internet
> > > (http://www.freerouting.net/).
> > 
> >   Damn suits.
> 
> 
> The issue as I understand it is that the developer used to work for
> Zuken.
> 
> Zuken's claim is that Freerouting contains stolen code, or at least
> stolen concepts, that are proprietary to Zuken.
> 
> "Big EDA" here really means "his former employer".