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- From: Grant@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (Lynn R Grant)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Re: Virus Creation Laboratory (PC)
- Message-ID: <0002.9207302004.AA22651@barnabas.cert.org>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 17:33:30 GMT
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- >It is interesting to note that Nowhere Man has the gaul to expressly
- >forbid any disassembly of his code, or the use of any binary strings
- >produced by his program for the purposes of scanning for viruses
- >created by the package. Yah, right, Nowhere Man. Go ahead, sue me.
-
- I wonder if he could. I don't believe making a Virus creation
- laboratory is illegal (correct me if I'm wrong), though using it
- probably is. In that case, he ought to be able to forbid disassembly
- of his code the same way IBM does with their licensed code. It might
- be interesting to watch the court cases where people have tried to
- hold gun manufacturers liable for murders committed with their
- products. (To avoid excessive flames and digressions, I won't say
- which side I'm on in that issue.)
-
- What would be really interesting is if he waited until a virus created
- with his laboratory infected your machine, then sued you for using his
- licensed code (the code in the virus) on your machine without a
- license. (Sort of like the kids in my old neighborhood, who would
- shovel your sidewalks in the winter without being asked, then knock on
- the door and expect you to give them a bunch of money for doing it.)
-
- Lynn Grant
-