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Re:A software change allowed FTX to use client money by XajniN on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:29AM (#33984800)
That is a very bad analogy. Guns are not illegal, what people do with them might be. What these developers made had no lawful use. A better analogy would be if some engineers in a gun factory were making chemical weapons.
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Re:A software change allowed FTX to use client money by galaxyLogic on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @06:17PM (#33992246)
There are laws against chemical weapons but I don't think there are laws against producing any kind of software. It's more what you do with the software. Whereas with chemical weapons they are criminalized as such because it is clear they can be used only for one purpose.
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Re:A software change allowed FTX to use client money by XajniN on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:25PM (#33993086)
What about the laws against helping or enabling criminal activities? There is no need to mention software specifically.
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Re:A software change allowed FTX to use client money by galaxyLogic on Thursday December 15, 2022 @02:19AM (#33996304)
True, depends on the facts of the case.
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