Posted on 09/29/2006 8:45:47 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
When Bill Clinton made his speech to the Labour Party conference, he bamboozled a few by finishing with the word "Ubuntu".
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What you're not understanding is that FreeBSD is an American product, but the others I mentioned are instances where foreigners were "making free copies of US Unix code." It directly refutes your statement in #237 and by your definition supports N3WBI3's argument.
they should have their rights to it pulled
The BSD license you so love doesn't allow that for political reasons. These foreigners didn't violate the license like Microsoft did, so the copyright owners can't pull rights to it.
Getting your rights to open source software pulled is rare. You have to do something egregious, like deny the license is valid and claim it's unconstitutional. That's what SCO did, which led to Fyodor pulling their rights to nmap.
What you're suggesting is also the flip-side of the "no military use" clause some OSS idiots tried to use with their software. As I've always say, you are most like the kooks in the OSS movement, just the other side of the coin.
At least we pulled their funding.
Too bad for BSD. It could have given BSD a larger foothold in government to compete with Linux. Plus, BSD is about the most secure general-use OS out there, which would have been of benefit to our government.
Get real, you guys have been reduced to postings about demons and killing yourself, literally. Coming from a guy whose name is actually based on fire and death, there's little left to wonder.
Dilbert is a major occult figure, donchaknow...
BTW--my supply of pods is running low. When's the next shipment arrive?
Quit taking my quotes out of context and claiming you finally won a point. I know you're beyond desperate, but this is what I said in 237:
"Until Red Flag Linux in China, and all the other ripoffs around the world start making free copies of US Unix code instead of the Linux code they're getting from IBM and Red Hat"
Don't act like you don't know every communist government is using Linux, mainly because of the enterprise level improvements given to them for free by US companies.
And quit trying to use BSD as a red herring, it's obvious you support the free use of it as well, even by foreigners that publicly rebuke our military. Not only suppport those creeps, but you want our tax dollars going to them!
It's a Star of David.
Why did you just call the Jewish people "demons"?
That's the point, they have started making free copies because the BSD license is even more permissive than the GPL. Plus, BSD is original US UNIX, unlike Linux.
Thus, your condition is fulfilled for N3WBI3 to have a leg to stand on.
And quit trying to use BSD as a red herring, it's obvious you support the free use of it as well, even by foreigners that publicly rebuke our military.
It is neither my place nor yours to support or denigrate the use of the software by anyone. That right is solely vested in the copyright holders. Unlike you, I respect the rights of the copyright holders.
I'm starting to wonder if he picked his name to describe your arguments.
Im sending them over right now..
We support copyright holders being able to control their code any way they wish. If they wish to use the GPL, BSD, or any other FOSS thats their right. In a similar way they if they choose to restrict their license thats fine too. Thats called being consistent.
You on the other hand are either not consistent or not honest..
America last. We know.
Its so sad when all someone does address a post is take two words in the post, make up four words of your own and act like it means something..
Don't be so hard on the poor kid. That's all he's got left...
Wait, I do have to restrict that. I respect their rights until they start trying to revoke existing rights as established by law through their licenses. That is the case with the Microsoft and other licenses I've challenged you to defend, and you've repeatedly chickened-out.
Maybe he's one of those Phelps Westboro Baptist Church whackos, they think everybody's going to hell. Now that I think about it, his style of argument is rather similar to theirs -- preach your point and never let logic or the facts get in your way.
More blasphemy from you, the Star of David has nothing to do with suicide despite your obviously warped beliefs.
Fred, is that you?
The odd part is his admission in the phrase "we know" that he has handlers who monitor and direct his trolling activities here.
Very creepy.
Then, to what were you referring when you said "demons"?
Renuzit brought up demons, you brought up suicide. Fits right in with antiRepublican who is a proud atheist, now you're all mocking some church. Put up some more evil pictures if you want, they're only hurting you not me.
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