Well I'm obviously not the "ideological" one here since I clearly support products that contain open source like Apple OSX or Sun Solaris.
I'm simply pointing out the dangers of "GPL" code like Linux, which allows foreign governments the right to take the entire operating system and rename and resell it under names such as "Red Flag". Why that causes some of you to flip out and assault me personally is the question, seems to be a very reasonable and valid concern. At least to anyone who isn't a Stallman "ideologue".
You are the most ideological one here. I have to go to Slashdot to see anyone as ideological as you about software.
I clearly support products that contain open source like Apple OSX or Sun Solaris.
You've said you like the BSD license too, but that also allows China to download, run, change, redistribute. Sun's CDDL, which is based on the MPL, allows the same. The major effective difference between them and the GPL is using the code within a larger application. In that case Stallman wants the whole thing GPL, while the other three don't require it.
I'm really beginning to think that most of your objections and supports come down to ignorance.
Why that causes some of you to flip out and assault me personally is the question
Just getting fed up with the lies and insults.
I'm a bit confused by what you mean here. You could do the same thing. You could take a Linux distro, downloaded for free, and release it with a few modifications as "BrassBuzzardLinux" if you wanted to. Why is that a bad thing? Plenty of Americans have done this with that Finnish operating system, so why not you or the Chinese?