Patrick Naughton
Patrick Naughton | |
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Nationality | software developer / executive |
Known for | the Java programming language, internet sex crime[1] and the fantasy defense.[2] |
Criminal charge(s) | traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to have sex with a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2423(b).[3][4][5] |
Criminal penalty | sentenced to five years of probation, nine months of home detention and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine[6] |
Criminal status | guilty[1] |
Patrick Naughton is an American
Career
Early career
In 1983, Naughton co-wrote a MacPaint clone, Painter's Apprentice, with Russ Nelson.[7]
Sun Microsystems
As a
The Stealth Project was soon renamed to the Green Project with James Gosling and Mike Sheridan joining Naughton. Together with other engineers, they began work in a small office on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. They were attempting to develop a new technology for programming next generation smart appliances, which Sun expected to be a major new opportunity.[8][self-published source][9]
In June and July 1994, after three days of brainstorming with John Gage, the Director of Science for Sun, James Gosling, Bill Joy, Naughton, Wayne Rosing, and Eric Schmidt, the team re-targeted the platform for the World Wide Web. They felt that with the advent of the first graphical web browser, Mosaic, the Internet was on its way to evolving into the same highly interactive medium that they had envisioned for cable TV. As a prototype, Naughton wrote a small browser, WebRunner, later renamed HotJava.[10]
After Sun
In 1994, Naughton quit Sun for
In 1998,
After his arrest in 1999, Naughton was fired from Infoseek.[4]
Sex crime arrest and conviction
On Sept. 14, 1999, Naughton flew from Seattle to Los Angeles on a private
Two days later, he was arrested by the
Novel defense
His line of defense was that he claimed he was persuaded to participate online in a ritualized sexual role-playing exercise, dealing with a mature woman acting as a girl.[14] His then-novel defense, became known as the fantasy defense for pedophiles.[2]
See also
- History of Java
- Online identity
- Sexual predator
- Internet-initiated sex crimes against minors
References
- ^ ZDNet. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Santa Clara Law Review. 41 (2). Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "The Fantasy Defense". CBS News. 2000-05-31. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ Wired News. December 1999. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ a b "CEO: Naughton said 'I did it'". zdnet.co.uk. 1999-12-09. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ New York Times. August 10, 2000. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ASIN B007ITC4G4.
- ^ Patrick Naughton. "Java Was Strongly Influenced by Objective-C". Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ "Java Technology: The Early Years". Sun Microsystems. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ a b "Le cadre, le piège et la loi" (in French). cyberie.qc.ca. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ZDNet. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- Santa Clara Law Review. 41 (2): 573. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Patrick Naughton faces retrial". zdnet.co.uk. 2000-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ a b "Paper 2: Legal Treatment Of Online Identity". emoglen.law.columbia.edu. 2006-04-29. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
At his criminal trial, Naughton employed what has come to be known as the "fantasy defense": citing his technical sophistication and the adult tone of his interlocutor's conversation, he claimed that he believed her to be an adult woman playing the role of a teenage girl; which, indeed, she was, although for different reasons from those Naughton claimed to have believed.
External links
- Mr. Famous Comes Home a Forbes magazine interview with Naughton