Originally Posted by
DigitalChaos
It goes way beyond that. Read the "How the CIA dramatically increased proliferation risks" portion of the wikileaks release.
They lay out an interesting legal dilemma, which I don't know if its true or not. But basically the way the CIA created & used the tools on the internet would have violated classification rules... IF the tools were classified. So they didn't classify the tools. So that means anyone can use those tools and even the US Gov can't claim ownership/copyright.