Collateral damage is when you don't take part in something in any way, shape or form and you end up taking damage. As I see it, this is not the case here at all.
Well, what would you call it when the victim of a crime (thus technically involved) gets put through the wringer in an ensuing investigation?
I'm a long time user of this forum and I see Lauda defending aTriz, no matter what, but in this case, there is little to defend here and the only one that could do this is aTriz.
If you think that aTriz did something wrong, please go question him
in the aTriz accusation thread.
Anyway, if you could give the benefit of the doubt to aTriz for vouching for the script then the same applies to alia for trying to sell it.
There are two situation: or you believe that they were both sincere and they truly thought that the script was working and making a profit, or you don't. They are both in the same boat.
One of several
huge differences: When informed by maths-savvy folks that the script is impossible, aTriz backed away from the script as if from a poisoned gobletwhereas alia got into a days-long flamewar/temper tantrum wherein she shrieked that stupid equations and mathematical jumbo jumbo dont apply to her precious script. Then finally admitted that it doesnt work. Now, is back to claiming that it worksand its worth 50 BTC!