a says, "...man acts for an end by his reason and will." (97) So if a person always acts will a reason, it would be helpful to examine VLADs reason for publishing their 'Zine. They state:Aims and Policies+---------------------+I guess it's not our aim, but one of our main policies is that we don't release and destructive code. Some people out there will argue that a virus in any shape or form is destructive.. what I'm talking about is purposeful destruction such as formatting people's hard drives, writing random sectors, etc. The reason for this is that it makes thing bad for everyone. It helps further the theory that all virus authors are nerdy *censored*s who have nothing better to do [than] destroy a computer.The reason we publish this magazine, is because we have something to offer that could be of use to others. We hope to educate people on how viruses work, and do this by giving examples. There are people out their that might have fun inserting their own nick in the virus and spreading it to try and be elite, but I'd say a majority of people actually get something useful out of our mag. Anti Virus research is totally legal as far as I know, and our magazine would certainly help someone who's in this field. Or on the other hand it could be used by a beginning virus author who needs help to get their virus off the ground. Information is a free commodity, we're just passing it along."If the reasons quoted here are the real reasons that VLAD publishes their magazine then the only people that are doing anything wrong are the people that compile and distribute the working virus. For example, there is nothing wrong with fertilizer. Without it farmers that provide us with fruits and vegetables and the ranchers that provide us with meats would have a much more difficult time growing the plants they need to do their job. However, sometimes people choose to misuse the fertilizer and other normally helpful chemicals for the makin...
