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Wow, do you really not understand what was stated, or are you simply attempting to manipulate words for your purpose?

Allow me to rephrase.

Assuming arguendo that their was any such admittance, which there was not, in plain English two courts have now found him legally not liable for any crime, and one court found that he was subject to an illegal arrest and search.

No crime was committed. I cannot write this either in more simple English, nor in more precise terms.

I refer you to the court documents and the appeals court decisions for further discussion of this now legally established fact.




I genuinely thought you were trying to stipulate he'd stolen the code, from your first comment (where you made a point of talking about his intent) and your second, where you simplified not to "did he steal code" but "did he steal code for profit".

Since we're at that unproductive point in the discussion where we're spending more time parsing than actually discussing, I'm going to go ahead and bow out now.


Ah, fair enough, I see your interpretation of my comments. It wasn't what I intended but your's was a fair understanding.

And you're right, we're parsing semantics and having meta-arguments now. We've said our peace, and as usual we can let the readers can decide.


We disagree and don't hate each other! It's an Internet miracle!

(Checks morning toast for image of Blessed Virgin.)


Edit in Reply: Looks out window for the Rapture...

But seriously, why is basic respect so hard over the internet that it's an extraordinary exception when people are civil? The pseudonymity perhaps.




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