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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..."

2 of 221 comments (clear)

  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:Not gonna happen by ZeroSumHappiness · · Score: 5, Funny

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