Re: Bernstein ruling meets the virus law

[Bruce Marshall <brucem@wichita.fn.net>]

On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, Steve Reid wrote:

> In Canada, there is a law that makes "unauthorized use of computing
> resources" illegal. That makes both hacking and malicious virus spreading
> illegal with one law, without making it illegal to share virus information
> and source code. 

     Several other countries have very similiar laws.  However, I had 
heard a somewhat unproven rumor that a U.S. state had actually made the 
writing of programs with malicious purposes illegal.  Basically meaning 
that if you write a virus you have committed a crime.  Like I said 
though, this was just a statement in a message so I can't vouch for the 
accuracy.

Bruce Marshall