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To: Golden Eagle

You are the one claiming that Open Source is evil. I am trying to pin down the answers to these questions from you:

1. Why Open Source compared to Freeware, Shareware, Public Domain (and even Patent Law Public Dissemination)

2. What specific examples of code benefits have been contributed to the Linux kernel, and those specific benefits to military applications, by the US Government (and not available in other code) that was forced to be contributed back to the kernel?

3. ( a new one) - Why no venom for the hardware vendors who provide these 'supercomputers'. Can't run Linux without hardware.

Any answers besides argumentum ad hominem?


222 posted on 10/12/2006 3:59:30 PM PDT by graf008
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To: graf008
Why Open Source compared to Freeware, Shareware, Public Domain

Already discussed, of course. Open source includes source code. Other things equivalent to open source that have potential military applications should be restricted as well. Basic stuff dude, what's your hangup so you need this explained multiple times?

What specific examples of code benefits have been contributed to the Linux kernel, and those specific benefits to military applications, by the US Government

Why do you need specifics when you don't even care? I already said security improvements but a specific example would be when The National Security Agency released a version of Linux called SE Linux to the rest of the world for free that contained extensive security improvements. Either you never heard of it, or you don't care if our adversaries get security technology from our NSA for free. Based on your previous outright admissions you apparently couldn't care less.

Why no venom for the hardware vendors who provide these 'supercomputers'.

Who said I didn't have concerns over transfers of hardware technology? This thread is about software, but check the record I like many others was outraged when IBM was granted CFIUS approval to sell their entire PC division to the Chicom government. The safe bet would have obviously been that I did care, but you do not, but you got that one wrong too.

226 posted on 10/12/2006 4:31:59 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Buy American. While you still can.)
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