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Re:Hacking Team used open source code to build Android monit... by FireBeyond on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @02:07PM (#9931276)
"2) The violation of the license, assuming the source code was not shared with the clients. This is a direct violation, and through the common use of the term theft when it applies to copyright violation, it matches. Basically, if you don't adhere to my license, you don't have a right to use my code, and as a result, you've effectively "stolen" it."

Because you know that the nation states who used the services of this company didn't also receive the source code to the tools, correct?

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Re:Hacking Team used open source code to build Android monit... by jasonlotito on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @03:41PM (#9931808)
> Because you know that the nation states who used the services of this company didn't also receive the source code to the tools, correct?

"The violation of the license, assuming the source code was not shared with the clients."

It's called speculation. Read it as "Hypothetically, if the source code was not shared with the clients, it was a violation of the license."

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Re:Hacking Team used open source code to build Android monit... by FireBeyond on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @09:54PM (#9933542)
Uprooted because I glazed over that word in my reply, and it does alter the point.
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