# Edison analogy on developer arrest

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-08-18
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Akash Weekly - August 17th 2022 (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:17:09 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZFaKHqVqQ&t=1029s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2022-08-18-edison-analogy-on-developer-arrest-w325/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Edison analogy on developer arrest," Akash Weekly - August 17th 2022 (Akash Network), 18 Aug 2022, 00:17:09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjZFaKHqVqQ&t=1029s

## Quote — verbatim

> Arresting a developer because his code was used for money laundering — his arrest is like arresting Edison because his bulb was used by the Nazis. It's the same analogy, and that's not okay.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

On the Dutch arrest of Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev; Greg's tweet on this was quoted in several podcasts, and he calls it a fight all software developers must take seriously.