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Code is both speech and action, like libel or threats. While the content of the speech might be protected under the First Amendment, the act embodied in the spe

Code is both speech and action, like libel or threats. While the content of the speech might be protected under the First Amendment, the act embodied in the speech might be criminal or tortious. In this case, while the content of the code might be protected, the activity it embodied violated the rules of multiple Western countries, not just the laws of the U.S.

woojoo666 4y ago
Code is not action, running the code is. Same with anything else. It's not illegal to post instructions on how to strangle people.
- danaris 4y ago
  Then surely the code itself is incitement to that action?
  - vageli 4y ago
    That's as much an incitement to action as revving an engine at a red light is incitement (it's not, see entrapment laws). You don't have to run the code.