Sad to read, but not at all surprising. I remember how much damage control Kevin was doing back when the sale to Branch happened.

I hope he has learned something about trusting the word and contracts from entities like Branch from the whole thing.

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      Doubt it. The outcome of these kinds of things is usually determined by whoever has more money, and an ad company like Branch usually has more money than god.

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      If it’s in the contract then he could do it on his own, without any help or permission from the company, couldn’t he?

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        He could, but he likely doesn’t have the financial backing or community support to pull it off.

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          What financial backing, if the contract said it then any incoming lawsuit would be thrown out

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            You have to pay lawyers to litigate.

            And the contract said it was to be open sourced, which has not happened, so litigation must now happen to enforce it.