Fussbett wrote:

Messiah much? When you're not letting us down when we needed you most, you're giving back, but not before we genuflect a little -- and those aren't threats! -- but sound legal advice. You never know when someone, somewhere, will phone the the DMCA and get Caltrops shut down because of copied text from Metafilter.

Fussbett wrote:

Mr. Hyde can strike at any time when Dr. Jekyll isn't properly medicated (or when Jekyl's wife is maligned).

Fussbett wrote:

So in summary, you are sorry, but we were jerks, and then you were a jerk, so you sent one (1) e-mail to correct the matter.

Fussbett wrote:

You'd like everyone to stop bothering you on this site which you don't read, and would like ICJ to fix the glaring security vulnerability.

Fussbett wrote:

You've offered to give back 9 months of the database if your name and posts are wiped from the records, plus posts quoting you, plus posts referencing you. That sounds like a fair deal, and who knows? If we're good, and meet the requests, perhaps you'll find the remaining 10 months somewhere else in your apartment?

Here would be the genuinely apologetic thing to do: give back the database without fanfare or stipulations. That would never cross your mind, though, because it lacks production values and robs you of control.