I&#x27;m not sure that&#x27;s what is being argued here. I think it&#x27;s more like if the govt compelled someone to write software to break someone&#x27;s pacemaker or life support machine, then certify under their name that the software was safe to use.<p>Of course in this case the person is a corporation; if this defense works I wonder if there will be calls for renewed scrutiny of corporate personhood. This may have been discussed in the article, but I was unable to read very far because I have an ad blocker turned on.