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		beardyw on June 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source p... I think your emotive language is confusing. Perhaps you meant to say "you shouldn't copy". Obviously he "can" do whatever he did!

coolThingsFirst on June 8, 2024 [–]

Interesting, I've seen it used like this in the past:

"you can't just walk to Mordor" - I guess the "cant" is to refer to the grave consequences. (orcs with blades are dangerous)

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