# Gavin Andresen
# 2013-06-06 17:16:03
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=225025.msg2391885#msg2391885

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Pieter and Wladimir are not US citizens, so a US judge can't order them to do anything. @p{par}

If I was ordered to insert a backdoor, I'd just resign as lead developer and find something else to work on. @p{par}

But this whole scenario sounds like a paranoid delusion; has there EVER been a case where a judge has ordered a software developer to do anything other than stop distributing their software (because of some copyright or patent issue) ?