I met these guys at an entrepreneurs meetup in Seattle about a year ago. They were completely on the level and the very definition of brave entrepreneurs.Their business is producing record keeping software and their customers are licensed by the state government - they are not a grow operation. In this state, the activities of their customers are completely legal and it certainly isn't illegal to produce software. It's disappointing to see them run into this challenge given all the hoops they've had to go through to get their business to this point. Regardless of where you stand on marijuana (I am not a partaker) they have a fascinating story working to legitimize a once illegal market.
> In this state, the activities of their customers are completely legal
No, they aren't. Federal law is applicable in every state, and activities illegal under federal law are illegal in every state. It may not be prohibited by state law in that state, but then neither is, probably, espionage (of, e.g., US defense information) prohibited by the law of that state. That doesn't make espionage legal in that state, and doesn't mean that someone advertising software specifically designed and marketed for the purpose of supporting such espionage wouldn't have significant legal risks.
> Regardless of where you stand on marijuana (I am not a partaker) they have a fascinating story working to legitimize a once illegal market.
Its not "a once illegal market" anywhere in the US. Everywhere in the US, its a still illegal market, its just the number of separate authorities prohibiting it is one fewer in some jurisdictions than it used to be in some places.
