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Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by tshannon on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:08PM (#18068240)
I wonder if this would fall under protections for satire.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by roywiggins on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:32PM (#18068482)
Fair use actually makes a distinction between satire and parody: satire isn't protected. https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/intellect...

Technically, parody is using X's IP to comment on X; satire is using X's IP to comment on something else. So if this is parody, it would plausibly fall under America's fair use test.

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by derekbreden on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:44PM (#18068629)
Didn't volkswagen "fix" some emission tests in this manner?
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by mabbo on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:46PM (#18069237)
Yeah they were fined like $15B and had people arrested and criminally charged in multiple countries.

They had 'defeat devices' that detected test environments and changed how the car ran so that it would pass emissions testing.

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by btian on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:25PM (#18071065)
That's less than a month worth of revenue.

And only 2 or 3 people are in jail afaik.

Only a light slap on the wrist.

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by ummonk on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @06:42PM (#18071168)
Or a year worth of profits. Hardly a slap on the wrist.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by pkaye on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @03:15PM (#18069506)
Did the CEO Martin Winterkorn? Looks like he got away though.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by tempestn on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @04:44PM (#18070317)
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by labster on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:37PM (#18068552)
It falls under the protection of the Streisand effect.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by pvorb on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:18PM (#18068319)
I bet VW won't sue anyone about this soon to not have new negative publicity. And I agree, this is clearly satire.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by pvorb on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:28PM (#18068430)
Satirical software would be a cool new trend in Open Source.

I think about things like a library for leader election, where there is a "Russian hacker" service that manipulates the election result or maybe a logging framework that accumulates logs and occassionally emails them to journalists.

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by pvorb on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:55PM (#18069321)
https://www.jollycode.org/, mentioned in another comment, is exactly what I was looking for.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by pc86 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:36PM (#18068533)
I bet nobody from VW is going to know this exists for a year or more, if ever. How many VW corporate employees do you think browse HN?
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by InternetOfStuff on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:41PM (#18068584)
> How many VW corporate employees do you think browse HN?

Out of more than 600'000? A bunch, I bet.

(Yes, I was shocked at the number too)

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by mhh__ on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @04:29PM (#18070226)
VW, presumably, has armies of software engineers/other technical people (That you might find on HN, etc) so I don't think it's unreasonable to assume someone will stumble across it.

It's also worth saying that even if they don't have a automated system to look for x-infringement, they have many employees who when bored could end up searching for (say) Volkswagen on github.

Whether they care or not is another matter...

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by monksy on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:21PM (#18068359)
It's a pretty blatant use of their trademark. (It outright uses their name) I have my doubts.
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by hangonhn on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:26PM (#18068413)
Trademarks are only protected in the US if there is risk of consumer confusion during commerce:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors

Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by trhway on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @03:21PM (#18069564)
There is definitely a credible risk of consumer confusion here - when a consumer faces a need to cheat a test it is unclear which Volkswagen the consumer would have to use. I think the original auto Volkswagen has a strong case here (note - IANAL, just another confused consumer).
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by taf2 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @05:45PM (#18070778)
We should file a suite against Volkswagen just to test - I’m sure it’ll pass
Re:Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI serv... by taf2 on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @05:44PM (#18070772)
Quick fork that shit