Security researchers and antivirus companies often publish code and insights of malicious software, but is that even allowed? Doesn't that violate the copyright of the malware authors? 
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@kmicu@mastodon.social
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Als Antwort auf @kmicu@mastodon.social • •I'd love to see a malware author to go to court, because they love their code sooo much…
Likely the punishment for spreading malware could be far more than they earn for the copyright violation.
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Als Antwort auf rugk OLD ACCOUNT • •on the other hand, if some people only write it and then sell/publish/give it to others that only do the harm of spreading, that could be legitimate 🤔
Thinking of that FLOSS malware.
elrido
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