Re:You may finally use JSHint for evil
by kelnos on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:09PM
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I think it's reasonable to expect people to refuse to write software that has only or mainly immoral uses.
But suggesting that a software developer is responsible for any and all possible uses of their software, whether they could have reasonably thought of all of those uses, is absurd.
Regardless, a tool is a tool. If something has, say 60% good use and 40% bad use, should it not be built? Where is the cutoff? 90%/10%? 99%/1%?
Should hammer manufacturers be responsible for murder done using their hammers?
But suggesting that a software developer is responsible for any and all possible uses of their software, whether they could have reasonably thought of all of those uses, is absurd.
Regardless, a tool is a tool. If something has, say 60% good use and 40% bad use, should it not be built? Where is the cutoff? 90%/10%? 99%/1%?
Should hammer manufacturers be responsible for murder done using their hammers?