Re: Improvements and thoughts on small projects for advocacy

"Theo de Raadt" <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2020 11:46:16 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.advocacy
Message-ID <[email protected]>
It is amazing how you keep digging up additional mandates for the
OpenBSD project!

Brilliant work.

I'm wondering if you have an view on our UFO research?


Justina Colmena ~biz <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On May 15, 2020 3:04:06 AM AKDT, jeanfrancois <[email protected]> wro=
te:
> >Justine,
> >
> >No one except a few people probably make OpenBSD so you won't
> >find what you expect here, except what you put in if we can say so.
> There is too much "help" out there, and no enterprise to speak of. The ri=
sk of criminal prosecution is too high, people are dealing drugs on OpenBSD=
, and the cops are cracking down, but it sure ain't the dealers taking the =
fall for the drugs in any court of law. It's us "users" who haven't paid ou=
r dues for "protection" from the usual extortion rackets in town, not that =
we actually made a "choice" of our own free will to do anything illegal.
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> >
> >So it depends upon if you find it worthwhile to investigate.
> >
> >I deeply think OpenBSD needs to remain small that's all, but it's free
> A small trusted (audited) code base is great: lean and mean is definitely=
 the right spirit, but some of the underlying hardware and the interfaces t=
o connect to it are getting out of hand. It's  undocumented, or poorly docu=
mented, subject to NDA and exclusive agreements with SCO and MSFT.
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> I would need to get basic laptop hardware recognized and booted properly =
before I'm SWATted, trespassed off the property, arrested, and end up havin=
g all my computer equipment confiscated by corrupt thin-blue-line-flag cops=
 on the take.
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> No I'm not blaming OpenBSD, don't take it that way. It's the Chaos Comput=
er Club, the Cult of the Dead Cow, and similar groups who have gotten into =
the U.S. government and gained the ability to file and prosecute arbitrary =
criminal charges against Targeted Individuals.
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> >you can use it if you like, and even create projects and then let us
> >know about it.
> Nice. I can "use" it, "responsibly," I presume. I'm not a "hacker" and I'=
m not breaking any laws and I'm not taking anyone's paid job away by using =
open source.
> >
> >That's what advocacy also is for.
> Well I probably do need an attorney to defend myself against all the civi=
l and criminal allegations from the SCO team et alia, or I would, except al=
l those attorneys are on Facebook and Twitter, they use Microsoft Windows i=
n the office, and they're in trouble with the bar because they're all THIEV=
ES IN LAW (=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=80=D1=8B =D0=B2 =D0=B7=D0=B0=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=BD=
=D0=B5) hard at work stealing money, confiscating property, and REVOKING ba=
sic human rights and dignities "on vice" for life without recourse.
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> Sorry for the rant, but somehow we've got to get a grip on serious organi=
zed crime, somehow grab those guys by their scruffy white collars or dirty =
blue collars or whatever is the requisite clothing for their chosen profess=
ion or vocation, haul *them* into their own court system, make *them* face =
the charges for their crimes, rather than allowing them to live a life of c=
rime and use their court system as a tool against us.
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> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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