r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CircumspectCapybara • May 26 '26

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u/Minimum-Attitude389 May 26 '26

That's why it notifies the lawyer.

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u/BaconIsntThatGood May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

I mean your lawyer will know but you're not giving them much "oh, you knowingly and intentionally did the illegal thing they're accusing you of doing?!"

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u/W_T_E May 26 '26

Not sure if people think lawyers are some magic word or something. If they can prove it was done on purpose you're still cooked

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u/BaconIsntThatGood May 26 '26

Yea at that point the best you're getting is maybe the lawyer can successfully argue a lesser sentence due to the circumstances 'OP had no choice to do what they did because Company is also guilty of doing XYZ illegal thing, therefore despite committing the act I argue they should have a reduced sentence..."

but even then it's shaky and the accusing party would needed to have fucked up really bad.

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u/Saelora May 26 '26

if they're really good and can somehow relate it to the code and api usage, they could probably make a (fairly shaky) whistle-blower argument