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		Cacti on March 31, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI arrests author of NanoCore after it was pirate... The issue is that this person wrote the software and then profited and advertised it specifically for malicious uses. That implies intent, and intent matters.

SolarNet on March 31, 2017 [–]

Except there is opposing intent of him disabling the software of people implying they use it for illegal purposes.

And there is an explanation that moves his advertisement there from intent to negligence.

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