Re: theo spites face, seeks new nose
"Aaron J. Seigo" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 20 April 2003 07:25, dep wrote: > | mouth shut to please DARPA. For example, Alan Cox has already more > | than once expressed anti-American-policy sentiments. Very loudly. > > which to me suggests that the u.s. government is not provocative in > such matters. well, that and there is little they can do about Alan. he isn't funded by them, he doesn't step foot on American soil. > there is of course no doubt that it believes that more > secure systems are of benefit to it, to businesses in the u.s., and > to others, as is promotion of a non-monopoly operating system. that indeed ... > having been said, it has not taken offense and withdrawn in the face > of anti-american views. they really probably don't care what Alan says, nor do they (as i just pointed out) have any rational means to do anything about it. Theo, on the other hand, bit the hand that fed him (assuming that's why the funding was revoked) it would've been awkward for the military to be funding a project who openly despised the military =) > interested in both *bsd and linux. the distinction here is that the > denunciation was specifically tied to the government's involvement. exactly... > there is, too, the matter of licensing. there are those who would > probably be mortified the extent to which embedded linux is used in > the precision-guided weapons currently in use. i don't know if its something to be mortified over. any more than someone who makes kitchen knives should be mortified (more than normal) when someone uses one of their creations to stab someone. > (i've been chasing the > story on this; it is not complete yet and probably won't be for > awhile.) but the gpl by its very nature may not dictate the purposes > toward which linux is put. another issue, i know, but related. i look forward to reading the piece... should be interesting .... > theo's "screw darpa" was just a little *too* blatant, i think. there yep... theo is not good with subtlety. to say the least. =) - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ohEe1rcusafx20MRAuxcAKCKclrGZkodOKdahZX4LAyfS4efEwCfY1Eb QL2V78m4M+UkUUhKolfZMJ8= =3ABU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.