Re: "Until you go to court how do you know it's illegal?"
"it's not credible to think that the software engineer found guilty in this case wrote software to game the emissions tests without management instructions to do so"
From the article: "As head of the VW's Diesel Competence unit in the US, Liang oversaw the software function that enabled the cars to cheat the emissions tests. He is also the most junior of the eight current and former VW executives that have been charged so far."
This wasn't some lowly sucker just following orders. He wasn't the very top brass, but he was high enough to be held responsible and the jury is still out on the others.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
