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Sarah SoupBox [Zap.Cooking] | 10 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 So why is one open source dev suing another open source dev? #asknostr

i am nosy. give me the tea.
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Enki | 10 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Tldr bullshit IP claims.

NVK and Coinkite always has been scared of competition. They intentionally badmouth other projects to try to spread fud. They close source their hardware wallets and sue people who try to copy their code.
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Sarah SoupBox [Zap.Cooking] | 10 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Isn't that part of OpenSats where they are supposed to be opensource?
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Rich Nost | 10 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Because NVK is not really a friend to open source. He sees his role as bringing value to market and being as ruthless as he can be when someone threatens his profit incentive to continue doing to.
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Sarah SoupBox [Zap.Cooking] | 10 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 funny.
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noisevault | 10 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I am quietly anti CK for quite some time due to their shady two faced shit.

Now. The BTClock did look like it was copying the design of the CK product. I personally would not have made that design choice if I were them. And it's not unreasonable for a company to try to protect their intellectual property if that's how they want to roll. 

But in my opinion the whole thing goes completely against the spirit of Bitcoin from the very top. And not only that this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened. I run only fully open source hardware and software for my Bitcoin.