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There’s no legal obligation.

…but I think it’s fair to say there’s a social obligation tip your hat to the shoulders you stand on.

This has come up before, and they still do exactly the same thing, and there absolutely zero chance they haven’t heard the critique about it.

So you must presume it’s a deliberate choice, rather than “oops we didn’t think of that”… /shrug

If you don’t want to be called out for it, don’t do it. I’m not particularly sympathetic to them in this case.





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