On 5/12/2018 8:33 am, Nick Stallman wrote:
Also does this mean that the custom firmware for one or a handful of targets is not a systemic weakness, but if (when) the custom firmware leaks out publicly and can be used criminally, it suddenly does become a systemic weakness?
I wonder how this is all going to play out with license compliance of the GPL and other similar licenses, especially if there is talk about covertly modifying code or systems.
Are these Government organisations also going to be also inherently violating (or forcing other parties to violate) the license terms of the GPL if they prohibit distribution of their modified and now vulnerable source code?
If a company is instructed by law enforcement to insert a backdoor into an authors' code but not be permitted to distribute the source for the backdoor along with the original source code, will the author be able to sue the company under copyright law?
Does the Australian Government think they are going to be able to encourage the likes of Lineage or a budget overseas tablet manufacturer to assist in providing private code for law enforcement purposes?
I'm sure most politicians have already considered the licensing aspects of this though, so perhaps I need not worry. Perhaps the law of Australia will now trump the law of International Software Licenses too, in much the same way it trumps the laws of mathematics.
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