__/ [ BearItAll ] on Tuesday 15 August 2006 08:21 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Open source project adds "no military use" clause to the GPL
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>> | That's intriguing enough, but the really interesting thing about GPU is
>> | the license its developers have given it. They call it a "no military
>> | use" modified version of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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>> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1438204
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> I don't like that. To me its All or None. Everyone has to have access
> without distinction of class or politics. Are they to deny access to
> terrorist groups, if they are, how might they manage to do that.
It took me a couple of minutes to find it, but have a look:
Linux robots elicit human responses
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| U.S. soldiers in Iraq are forming emotional ties to Linux-powered
| robots, according to Reuters. iRobot's robots -- used for tasks such
| as explosives defusing and cave exploration -- are being given nicknames
| and winning loyalty, to the extent that soldiers request repairs for
| their favorites, Reuters says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4082958224.html
This is fairly recent. And, by the way, I suspect that some terrorists (the
smarter ones) use Linux for privacy. They proabably won't be around to
comment on splendid usability and stability, will they? I still suspect that
the US uses Windows to get access to locally-stored files. The German and
French government seems to concur. I wrote about this yesterday, in case you
are interested < http://tinyurl.com/g2wtk >.
> Incidentally, I don't believe these people have the authority to deny
> access to anyone anyway, including the millitary.
>
> The Ham radio bit was pants, Hammers aren't going to advertise to each
> other, there wouldn't be any point to that. Aren't most of them annonimous
> anyway.
I never used Ham Radio (I have it installed though; SUSE has everything), so
I can't comment. *frown* Are you suggesting that GPL forbids some forms of
publicity? I must be misinterpreting this completely. But it reminds me of a
thread I have been involved in this morning...
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