Are Open Source Contributors in Risk of Being Prosecuted for Providing Support of Terrorist Organisa
US Representative (and incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee) Peter King has requested the US State Department to classify Wikileaks as a terrorist organization. While the topic of this article is not a discussion of the merits of this request, which is reported about by cnet , nevertheless, this request raises some interesting questions, that should be asked in a broader scope.The article mentions that a former UCLA chancellor, Norman Abrams wrote that "the janitor or the pizza delivery person or a taxi driver, or anyone who provides the most mundane 'services,' would seem to be at risk of prosecution" if they could be said to know they're dealing with a designated terrorist group.What does this mean if terrorist organizations use open source?
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