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0 pointsnickthegreek10d ago0 comments

What action did the user take that was against the TOS?

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You misunderstand. The user didn't take an action that was "against the TOS".

The TOS simply allows Anthropic to decline to fulfill a request at any time for any reason.

TOS are not laws. They often conflict with actual laws, and are then void. So you can't just say "It's in the TOS", you do have to look at actual laws and whether they may be violated (Because it is anticompetitive or whatever else)

margalabargala10d ago

Sorry, are you claiming that it's illegal (in the US, where Anthropic operates) for Anthropic to decline to operate on a repo that contains commits relating to OpenClaw?

Or just that in your opinion, it should be illegal?

Simply doing something anticompetitive is not inherently illegal, despite a lot of people thinking it is.

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margalabargala10d ago

You misunderstand. The user didn't take an action that was "against the TOS".

The TOS simply allows Anthropic to decline to fulfill a request at any time for any reason.

schubidubiduba10d ago

margalabargala10d ago

Sorry, are you claiming that it's illegal (in the US, where Anthropic operates) for Anthropic to decline to operate on a repo that contains commits relating to OpenClaw?

Or just that in your opinion, it should be illegal?

Simply doing something anticompetitive is not inherently illegal, despite a lot of people thinking it is.

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