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Thank you. Question for legal experts, Hypothetically if these patches were accepted and was exploited in the wild; If one could prove that they were exploite

Thank you. Question for legal experts, Hypothetically if these patches were accepted and was exploited in the wild; If one could prove that they were exploited due to the vulnerabilities caused by these patches can the University/ Prof. be sued for damages and won in an U.S. court (or) Would they get away under Education/Research/Academia cover if any?

patmorgan23 6y ago
Not an attorney but the kernal is likely shielded from liability by it's license. maybe the kernal could sue the contributers for damaging the project but I don't think the end user could.
- liamwestray 6y ago
  Malicious intent or personal gain negate that sort of thing in civil torts. Also US code 1030(a)5 A does not care about software license. Any intentional vulnerability added to code counts. Federal cybercrime laws are not known for being terribly understanding…
- Abishek_Muthian 6y ago
  License is a great catch, thank you. Do the kernel get into separate contract with the contributors?