I see it as such: The user of the "tool" whatever purpose the tool may be for, must always be held responsible for the use of the tool, and not the author. Just think, if NSA put up a badly configured IIS webserver, and I would use FrontPage to change their web, should M$ be held responsible ? ( I wish, but...;) The same must go for software as it goes for hardware - S&W aren't responsible if you would use one of their manufactured guns to shoot the guy nextdoor ?
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I see it as such: The user of the "tool" whatever purpose the tool may be for, must always be held responsible for the use of the tool, and not the author. Just think, if NSA put up a badly configured IIS webserver, and I would use FrontPage to change their web, should M$ be held responsible ? ( I wish, but... ;) The same must go for software as it goes for hardware - S&W aren't responsible if you would use one of their manufactured guns to shoot the guy nextdoor ?