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Piriform Asks BleachBit To Remove Winapp2.ini Importer

Posted by Unknown on from the you-always-need-a-lawyer dept.

ahziem writes "As author of the BleachBit system cleaner, I received a polite but firm request from Piriform, makers of the similar application CCleaner, to remove a two-year-old feature from BleachBit that allows individual BleachBit users to import winapp2.ini data files created by the community that define which files to delete for applications. Does Piriform's request have merit? Do I need a lawyer? What is a good response to avoid any ugly situation?"

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  1. Re:Who knows, I'm not a lawyer... by Art+Challenor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And once again for the 1,000,000 time, yes, and this isn't the place to get legal advice...

    True, but there's really any advice that you should ask for from ./er's? How to meet members of the opposite sex? Which Linux distro to use? Whether Metro is better than Unity?

    Once you get it in perspective, the question makes as much sense as any other.

  2. Other software does the same thing... by Excelcia · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This would be like Microsoft asking OpenOffice not to import Word format. Or, for a closer analogy, for them to ask Mozilla not to have Firefox import IE bookmarks when you install it. This type of thing is done all the time. Unless they claim to have a patent on the format in the .ini file, it's totally fair game.

  3. Re:He DOESN'T need a lawyer by dcollins · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why bother responding? Why bother letting them know that you're listening to and giving consideration to their threats? Why bother making a paper trail of any kind?

    If I had a lawyer on staff twiddling his thumbs, then I'd have him one-up the situation and write a "shut up and don't bother us" letter; but otherwise, I'd just dodge that shit entirely and remain silent.

    --
    We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes
  4. Re:Who knows, I'm not a lawyer... by _KiTA_ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And once again for the 1,000,000 time, yes, and this isn't the place to get legal advice...

    True, but there's really any advice that you should ask for from ./er's? How to meet members of the opposite sex? Which Linux distro to use? Whether Metro is better than Unity?

    Once you get it in perspective, the question makes as much sense as any other.

    Except this wasn't even a request for advice. This was a thinly veiled attempt to invoke the Streisand Effect.