apparently something about pride flags happened while we were grading stuff?? what happened

@Felthry an org who i think made the bi flag made a copyright claim and now demands compensation

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@windyorigami yeah that's not going to go over well for them is it

The bi flag copyright nonsense 

@windyorigami @Felthry I mean, it's literally a /flag design/, and should be too simple to even be copyrightable in the US – and I think the organization trying to assert this is in the US.

@certifiedperson pointed me to this: plagiarismtoday.com/2020/04/29

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