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by al2o3cr 3238 days ago
Anything that attempts to ascribe intention to code is going to run into a lot of corner cases; see the long history of "copying" programs vs copyright law.

"Knowingly" is similarly vague: are you knowingly running every line of code executing on your machine right now? How would you be sure?

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> "Knowingly" is similarly vague: are you knowingly running every line of code executing on your machine right now? How would you be sure?

That's exactly the point. If you perform the act unknowingly, you're innocent of the offence.