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> It makes sense that GitHub wouldn’t comply with the subpoena against STRmix’s wishes. Losing the faith of a large company by sharing intellectual property is
by yunohn 5y ago
> It makes sense that GitHub wouldn’t comply with the subpoena against STRmix’s wishes. Losing the faith of a large company by sharing intellectual property is bad for business.
Obviously a headline with “STRmix” is not as click-bait as GitHub.
Regardless, how is it legal for the DNA software to get away with this?
- xupybd 5y agoThere needs to be some requirement that a technology used to sentence a man to death can be examined by experts. I don't think it should be allowed as evidence otherwise.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y agoMuch like public records, most code that doesn't retain personal records or for basic security should be open source.
- iudqnolq 5y ago> Obviously a headline with “STRmix” is not as click-bait as GitHub. A court has ordered GitHub to hand over the source code. GitHub has refused, believing that they only have to honor requests for the government, not for defendents. This article argues that stance by tech companies has led to morally reprehensible happening. They say tech companies often just pay fines rather than obey court orders to help defendents, while always helping prosecutors. The defendents's lawyers argue this is unconstitutional. I don't consider that clickbait.
- yunohn 5y agoWhoever is at fault, it’s extremely horrifying to see that somehow the courts are unable to compel either company to provide what appears like crucial material.