Shit... (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
 
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

In the U.S., you can build rockets all day long, they cannot be guided.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332g

You'd have to convince the feds it was never designed to be a weapon. Good luck with that.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That only applies to the hardware. I'm taking about software

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why do you think software would be treated any differently?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Again, because source code is protected under the first amendment

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    Okay but again as has been pointed out to you, that has no bearing on government contracted products like this, whether that's code or rockets or anything else the government doesn't want to just share with the entire world.

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