I give permission for IBM [...] to use JSLint for evil. (dev.hasenj.org)
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When I was at IBM the story about IBM legal asking for permission to use JSLint for evil was a classic. The original post appears to be dead, but https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5138866 discusses it.

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