ok I posted this reply on the voting thread, but since the discussion seems to be going on here I'll repost it here to avoid a "disscussion-fork"

"does the option of legal action mean the guy who wants to take 40% of whatever we get back or are there other legal options possible?
because as much as I want to take the legal action way, paying 40% feels like being ripped off again and I don't want that either.
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it seems to me from last WH's answer that we only have the 40% guy as the legal option, could somebody please elaborate on that, why can't we do something else? we have that HF email where they said they'll pay BTC back that must give us some good legal argument to work with?