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What if the developers... forget to password-protect the server that hosts the source code, installers, etc. Can the law touch cases of... negligence like this?
by chrisdotcode 11y ago
What if the developers... forget to password-protect the server that hosts the source code, installers, etc. Can the law touch cases of... negligence like this?
- potatolicious 11y agoYes. Copyright still exists regardless of how the content is obtained. I can hand you a disk full of my source code, but unless I give you permission to reproduce it it'd still be illegal to reproduce. Otherwise all the property rights of anyone can be nullified just by one person with access to it, clearly that's impossible in our legal framework.
- rotw 11y agoIf you don't mind breaking the law, it's probably a bit more efficient to just torrent it.
- DanBC 11y agoCurrently very few people are seeding or leeching NOLF, which is a bit surprising with this article. https://kat.cr/usearch/no%20one%20lives%20forever/ https://kat.cr/usearch/no%20one%20lives%20forever/
- rotw 11y agoPirate Bay has 21 seeders but yeah, there's not exactly an abundance of peers there. Really glad I picked up a bargain bin copy about 10 years ago
- lmm 11y agoYes. Copyright infringement is copyright infringement. The penalties for willful infringement are higher, but for unwitting infringement they are not zero, and IIRC for infringement for profit there's a high statutory minimum fine.
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- cmiles74 11y agoIn this case, they already have the source code; someone along the way just gave it to them.
- newobj 11y agoThe source code is on github. Has been, for years. https://github.com/osgcc/no-one-lives-forever https://github.com/osgcc/no-one-lives-forever
- coldtea 11y agoNo, but they can always be ...fired.