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		exe34 on Aug 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elasticsearch is open source, again so if I create a website called other-Facebook.com that looks exactly like Facebook, I can even tell people I'm going to steal their time and information just like the real Facebook, and that's allowed?

rescbr on Aug 29, 2024 [–]

I think “foobar.com, a Facebook with blackjack and hookers” would be OK, while “other-facebook.com” wouldn’t.

I’d say one is marketing, the other is misrepresentation.

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