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That professional responsibility falls entirely on the developer[s]. Not on an inanimate object.

To make a non-tech analogy. This is functionally equivalent to locking up books in safes, so people can't abuse the knowledge they contain. Sure: if an incompetent person used a structural engineering handbook to build a bridge, and did it incorrectly and it collapsed, that would be a bad thing. But most people agree that's not the fault of the book, or negligence on the part of the library for failing to restrict access to the book.

Me, I'm against book-banning in all its forms. :)



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