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Neil Brown | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
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I wrote about this last year, but it didn't seem to cause much concern:

Free software developers and fiduciary obligations: is an English Bitcoin a cause for concern?
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Low Information Voter | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Its not just Bitcoin at risk, and not just England - once a precedent is set it can be applied across the Common Law world since it does not rest on any specific legislation.

Free Software that handles a lot of value, or that competes with a wealthy closed-source incumbent, is at risk. As it always has been, but new legal threats are being constructed...