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by jaimex2 1559 days ago
Upto a court to decide. Turns out he's in California which has laws against writing and distributing malicious code.

He's looking at state level:

if charged as a misdemeanor, the crime is punishable by: imprisonment in county jail for up to one year, and/or a maximum fine of $5,000.6

If charged as a felony, the offense is punishable by: imprisonment for up to three years, and/or a maximum fine of $10,000.7

Federal charges I'm not sure about.

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Laws are enforced by people. I doubt any prosecutors will care, and if there are, I doubt any jury will convict.
Whats up with the .6 and .7?
Probably section numbers that copied and pasted weirdly.
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