The truth is not a defense against libel laws in all countries. Depending on where this is the poster could be out a lot of money just for naming names. As such not naming names is the safe answer.

Even in the US where the truth is a defense, you still can be out a lot of lawyer fees because you can be sued for things you say and it can cost a lot of hours in court.

Moral of the story is that going to open-source is only part of avoiding the traps that vendors set. You also have to trust the vendor you're working with and make sure that the contract isn't full of lawyer tricks.

Assymetric legal battles are best avoided...

a company with a history of threatening baseless lawsuits, combined with possible NDAs, or possible professional backlash when lawsuit-happy company threatens former employer. not worth it for a blog post.

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