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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by bjo590 on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:02AM (#24105406)
> Any and all responsibility they take is then also shared with every person that is above them in the hierarchy.

Currently, if I write software that performs illegal actions -- let's say software that allows me to use unlicensed Adobe products -- at the request of my boss and their boss, all three of us would be legally liable.

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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by ivanche on Monday August 10, 2020 @05:58AM (#24107433)
It seems you're conflating illegal and unethical.
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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by jki275 on Monday August 10, 2020 @11:32AM (#24110369)
Illegal and unethical can be the same -- they don't have to be, but it's not wrong to discuss cases where they are.
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