Re:Virii and stuff legality (Score 1)

While I understand your point and wish that it were true that "posessing" a virus or some other piece of code would be or become legal I don't think the precedents will support it. After all, regardless of what you want to do with them, it illegal to posess biohazards such as bacteria or virus strains without gobs of approval, etc. I think the same standard will apply to code and we won't really get anything out of it... software can still be labelled "too dangerous for general consumption" while the big research labs still get to pick it all apart and make that determination.