[pjam]

Assuming the "criminally prosecuted" piece is a reference to that thread [1], based on what other comments have also pointed out, did anyone in there actually say that, or imply it? I read that thread and didn't see anything close to that, there is clearly harsh language in there, such as:

> Look if you can't understand that this is a thing that will happen in the real world and that people will potentially suffer as a result you shouldn't be writing a crypto library.

Which is still far from suggesting someone should be prosecuted.

[1]:https://lwn.net/Articles/893327/

[nyanpasu64]

Search for "liable" in the parent thread, https://lwn.net/Articles/893285/. That's the closest thing I could find.

[pjam]

Ha, perfect, exactly what I was looking for, thanks for pointing it out, didn't realize I was looking at a subsection of the thread, my bad.

But it confirms what I was thinking, going from "liable" to "criminally prosecuted" is a pretty big stretch imo.