On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:23:21 +0200, David Kastrup wrote: > > Sigh. A program is not a legally responsible entity. The responsible > party is the _writer_ of the program. I can't push away the > responsibility about what a program of mine does to somebody else. > > Computer viruses are _exclusively_ executed by people different from the > virus author, on thousands of computers. Does it make _them_ reponsible > for what their computers do? Does it make the infected _programs_ > responsible? Does it make the _computers_ responsible? Does it make > the _virus_ responsible? > > No, the responsible party is the virus _author_. What happens is a > consequence of what _he_ did and intended.
The user of a computer with a virus (trojan, etc ) does not authorize the virus's use. The computer with a virus is not under control of the owner of the computer. The user of a normal app is responsible for the execution of the app. The computer with a normal app is under control of the owner of the computer, not the writer of the app. Your argument is stupid. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss