George Hotz hands remainder of donations to the EFF

[Icyedge]

Kasz216 said:

dsister said:

Icyedge said:

If they had done nothing then yes it would have prove that theres no penalties for distributing hack into the wild. But since they sued Geohot and made him sign a agreement  it shows that there is penalties for releasing an hack into the wild. The next person will surely think 2 times before distributing a new hack.

ok... they didn't make him sign an agreement.And for a "loser"(not my words) he walked away with a slap on the wrist. He has never hacked a Sony product before, how badly do you think this is affecting his life now? 

That little thing in no way would stop me from releasing a hack for the PS3 or any other future console. 

Yeah i mean when the penalty for doing it is.... "You can never do it again."

Is that really a penalty?

I'm not going to do this... because if I get caught... i'm going to have to promise to not do it again!

Except... if you don't do it... you aren't doing it anyway.

It's like saying... don't litter, because if you get caught you will have to promise to not litter.

If anyone is deterred from doing something, because the ultimate penalty is, they will have to promise to not do it again....

they aren't a very logical person.

Its not a big penalty at all, I agree, but who want to go through that trouble? Personally, I would think twice before distributing an hack, I dont have time to loose in a legal case, let alone the fact that some might not even have enough money to get a lawyer. I agree with you that nobody will be deterred by that penalty, what some will surely be deterred about is the process involve and the possibility of a bigger penalty (not saying its likely).