Re: Improvements and thoughts on small projects for advocacy
"Theo de Raadt" <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2020 11:46:16 -0600
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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: >=20 >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > > > >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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > >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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > --=20 > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >=20