Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu Uses GPL Code

David Gerard writes "It seems the authors of Stuxnet/Duqu/Flame used the LZO library, which is straight-up GPL. And so, someone has asked the U.S. government to release the code under the GPL. (Other code uses various permissive licenses. As works of the U.S. federal government, the rest is of course public domain.) Perhaps the author could enlist the SFLC to send a copyright notice to the U.S. government..."

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Re:Implications

[malakai]

Am I the only one that is less concerned with copyrighted GPL code being in this rather humane and elegant attack against a country trying to develop nuclear weapons, and more upset with how and why the information about the program was leaked?

I can't help but feel at some point this is going to be a big deal. Hearings, testimony, etc. One or more people are going to lose their jobs, future security clearance, and possibly face jail time. There's just no way this recent and this active a program should have been briefed to the New York Times.

GPL Code in it? Who cares.