He thought about it while watching the security community slowly, painfully, absorb the lesson. Companies started using the framework's own documentation to build better defenses. Red teams used it to simulate realistic attacks. Some universities incorporated it into cybersecurity curricula — not to teach crime, but to teach the anatomy of deception.

The Criminality community and its developers generally look down on uncopylocked copies. Using one for your own project can lead to being blacklisted from the official game's community or Discord servers.

: New players start with limited resources, often having to grind significantly for cash and experience to unlock competitive gear.

The term "criminality uncopylocked" was coined by artist and writer, Lawrence Lessig, in his 2001 book "The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World." Lessig argued that the traditional copyright system had become overly restrictive, stifling creativity and innovation in the process. He proposed the concept of "uncopylocked" works, which would be free from the constraints of traditional copyright and copyleft licenses.

Beyond the legal risks, there are practical reasons to avoid this trap.