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In the United States, pure code could be a DMCA Section 1201 violation. Read about DeCSS as an example. In the US, code is recognized as having both an express
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
In the United States, pure code could be a DMCA Section 1201 violation. Read about DeCSS as an example.
In the US, code is recognized as having both an expression and a functional purpose. The functional purpose can, and often is, legally restricted. And if your code is very, very specific to accomplishing an illegal functional purpose, there’s a good chance “free expression” will fail for the same reason you can’t yell at the top of your lungs with a bullhorn in public for hours without being charged for public disturbance.
- dghlsakjg 4y agoAh. That makes legal sense. I don’t like it, but I get why it might be enforceable Does that mean that the gcode (Cnc instructions) for making, say, a machine gun are not legal, while the technical drawings are?
- boomboomsubban 4y agoThat would be an entirely seperate set of laws, and I have no idea what they are. This software is probably illegal as it's a tool to bypass DRM, which the DMCA explicitly says is illegal. Your gun example wouldn't have any DRM, so this part of the DMCA wouldn't apply.