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has matt mullenweg ever heard of “promissory estoppel”. that's the legal concept in common law that you can't promise something and then go back on your word if someone actually relied on that promise. just. throwing that one out there

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one of my favourite legal terms btw. both of those words feel very made up, especially estoppel. if a court decides to use this against you, they… estop you. you are estopped. not making that up. it's real and the concept it describes is actually very straightforward

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