Re: "responsible disclosure" explanation

[Jason Coombs <jasonc () science org>]

Georgi Guninski wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 12:58:06PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Georgi Guninski wrote:
> > > the term "responsible disclosure" is a corporate instrument for
> > > trying to shut people up.
> > No, it's an attempt to create a market for vulnerabilities and
> > exploits, trying to mimic the underground's success.
> i disagree. market for vulnerabilities exists, there were auctions even on fd.

Actually it's another tool for asserting ownership of other people's 
work product based on the premise that "irresponsible" equals 
"criminal". I hereby re-assert my exclusive claim of ownership over my 
own work product. I own my trade secrets. I own the exclusive copyright 
interest in my written and communicated works. I am the only owner of my 
original intellectual property.

If you are a corporation or a government entity that believes you have 
the right to claim ownership of any part of my work effort simply 
because you wrote a EULA or manufactured and sold a product of your work 
effort, you are the one who is irresponsible. Your actions will cause 
the death of others. If not in the short-term, certainly in the 
long-term as good people conclude that they must kill others in order to 
reclaim rights and freedoms that you stole from them by tricking the 
masses into believing that you are more important because you have more 
money. I suggest that you begin to act responsibly and fight to defend 
the very rights and freedoms that you enjoyed in order to get to where 
you are today. Stupid fucks.

See:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68435,00.html
http://www.granick.com/blog/
http://www.granick.com/blog/lynncomplaint.pdf

Sincerely,

Jason Coombs
jasonc () science org
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