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Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu Uses GPL Code

Posted by Unknown on from the state-sponsored-piracy dept.

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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  1. Re:is the CIA selling these viruses? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Option #4: An obscure RFC describing the implementation of TCP/IP on a 5.56x45 'jumbo frame' physical layer is drafted.

  2. Re:Problem Solved by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    See, this deserves a funny mod, but you asshats won't see the post because no one browses at -1 anymore. No one mods posts that haven't been modded. Everyone just mods the posts up that have been modded up and this entire site is an echo chamber.

    Also, bipolar. You believe the government about 9/11 without any question, so why would you not believe their official statements on this subject or others?

  3. Re:Not gonna happen by ZeroSumHappiness · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dammit, people, that was meant to be Funny, not Insightful!