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Even if the federal government won't sue, state and other jurisdictions could. The Diesel Brothers also ran afoul of Utah’s State Implementation Plan of the CAA. This whole story is about state law.


This is a good point, but even so, state governments also can’t override freedom of speech. Especially with small FOSS hobby projects, it’s hard to make an argument for regulation on commercial grounds.




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