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Windows Source Code Seller Arrested

Posted by samzenpus on from the stealing-is-futile dept.

prostoalex writes "New York Times says William O. Genovese Jr., 27, of Meriden, Conn. has been arrested by the Feds for selling source code for Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems. It's not perfectly clear whether Genovese was selling the portion of the code that was leaked earlier this year or if he had access to other portions of Windows source code. The timing, though, coincides, as the code leaked in February, the same month NYT claims the entrepreneur obtained the source code."

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  1. Re:Disgusting by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The name of a person charged with a criminal offence is a matter of public record. (Except when it's not released to protect minors involved in the case.) The time to get nervous is when names, charges and trials are kept secret.

    And I doubt too many people will be forming a lynch mob over Windows source code.

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