Posted on 05/19/2006 12:25:07 PM PDT by ShadowAce
How come it doesn't come with OS X? LOL
Is this gonna be a 
thread?
LOL! no just messin' around. :) hehe
RealTime stuff is can get pretty tricky. Good thing they won't have to use HP-1000/RTE systems. I used to work with them at a telecom company. The pilot would have a heck of a time programming the 16 rockers on the front panel if it was having trouble! The only way to get an HP-1000 system to fly was to toss it off a tall building!
Linux was a poor choice for an O/S if the US intended to keep the source code private. As you know, China is allowed to make free copies of Red Hat Linux, from here in the US, and legally rename it "Red Flag" in China. However, the US has so far rightfully limited the distribution of Joint Strike Fighter software, even denying rights to it from apparent allies that contributed to JSF development costs. Let's hope they're able to keep this software private as well, as has been typical with previous fighter plane designs, and don't face any complications by Linux's "GPL" license created by leftist Richard Stallman.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1266&ref=y
Do you honestly think that the decision-makers in the gov't would've failed to consider that point? The only place that source code is going is to the vendor (who alrady has it) and the customer, if they want it. The customer happens to be the US, so they can classify it if they deem it appropriate.
The source code will not be PD, or even publicly accessible.
From the link you cited:
This CD is not available to residents of Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria or Yugoslavia, nor to any denied person or entity as so designated by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration.
Nice try, and thank you for playing.
I don't see China or Russia being denied, who would have the most to gain. Once anyone from there bought a single free copy, they could make as many legal free copies as they wanted, for all their friends in the countries you listed. You do understand how Stallman's license works, I'm sure Dark Lord.
Irrelevant.
Stallman has no relationship with this project. as for the rest, reread the disclaimer. Anyone can be denied.
If any nation/state/group wanted any code, they can simply steal and reverse engineer it, whether proprietary, BSD license, or GPL. Your concerns have no basis in reality.
Well, that's a lot more of a barrier than allowing them to make free, unlimited legal copies just because someone gave them a single copy.
FYI there's a coming clampdown on open source use by the military. Where I work, the ability to download any of it is being blocked by our perimeter proxy. And no, that wasn't GE's decision, it came from the highest levels of the DoD.
As usual you're being obtuse. The statement EXPLICITELY states that the United States Government can deny this code to anyone it wishes for any reason it deems appropriate.
FYI there's a coming clampdown on open source use by the military. Where I work, the ability to download any of it is being blocked by our perimeter proxy. And no, that wasn't GE's decision, it came from the highest levels of the DoD.
Again, irrelevant. This product was purchased by the US Military, who defined the specifications. i seriously doubt that the supposed "clampdown" is genuine, especially in light of your other interpretive mistakes.
Though it's not explicitly stated in the license, the government can still exercise its power to restrict any technology if its dissemination poses a clear and present danger to US military integrity or national security.
As usual, Dark Lord caught you red-handed posting crud again...
Let's all just trust the infinite wisdom of the government. /ignorance
Well if it's not Shadow Ace, or FLAMING DEATH, it's some other Dark Lord defending free software for whatever government can get their hands on a copy. Now they're even posting in red LOL.
You need to either get your eyes, graphics card, or monitor checked because i coded your response in BROWN. This is my usual procedure. Most of my posts are done in the religion forum, you can check them there.
For the record...comrade...i'm a card carrying, dues paying LIBERTARIAN, as is Eric Raymond of the Free Software Foundation.
If you were doing something else on this board aside from trolling for Micro$uck, you'd know that, and not presume to make an ass of yourself, as is your usual habit.
In fact, i'm not certain that you even exist, other than a computer generated propaganda response from a server working out of Redmond WA.
Good points...
It just seems like we're constantly on broken record...;)
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