Open Source License Lawsuits

Does it make you more vulnerable to law suits if the author says no and you decide to code/acquire something similar?

I wonder if they can be sued (by the Linux Foundation, maybe) for that...

You can sue them for using your code if they break the licensing agreement. Contact EFF and they'll set you up with a lawyer.

Do you want a world where google can sue your open source project because it utilizes it's style of coding?

Who’s going to sue someone taking it closed source?

Interesting to see how would this play out in case of a lawsuit against an user who doesn't honor their license because it clashes with GH one. Anyway, that code has already been swallowed by some AI that will reorganize it, split in functional blocks and regurgitate it elsewhere someday, so too late for them to complain.

Not a lawyer, but it's probably a bad idea to open-source something _after_ getting a C&D for it

Probably not. The consequence of violating the (A)GPL is you lose the right to use, distribute, and modify the software. They could in principle be sued because they were violating the license while the website is up but you'd need to demonstrate losses and you couldn't force the release, only get some compensation (though you could try to use that as leverage to settle for the release of the code). (IANAL, etc)

You know, you're totally correct that they're well within their right to do... something. But why? What damages could they collect? It would take far less cash to rewrite the library I made from scratch than it would to pay lawyers to write some scary letters. There's no trade secrets. It's not even a novel idea. It would be terribly expensive and embarrassing for either Box or Uber to try to juice this even if they were motivated to. Hell, I'm technically still an activ

It depends on how that code is licensed. Possibly the random person gets served with a summons. Possibly nothing.