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Re: Linux kills terrorists
From: |
Chris Ahlstrom |
Subject: |
Re: Linux kills terrorists |
Date: |
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:22:07 -0400 |
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slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) |
After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
>
> [gnu.misc.discuss added]
>
> In article <4e75ec0c3e4b86954f67a4297a8e9047@remailer.cyberiade.it>,
> Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer <anonymous@remailer.cyberiade.it>
> wrote:
>> Linux is used in almost all UAV's. It's reliable, completely
>> customizable and cheap. Windows was never even considered since the
>> U.S. air force was afraid a virus would bring down its combat planes.
>
> This raises an interesting question. Suppose Linux were used in the
> on-board systems of a missile. Would shooting that missile at someone
> count as a distribution of the GPLed software used in those onboard
> systems? Is the missile required to be accompanied by a copy of the GPL?
A scenario worthy of 7, Tim. And I mean that as a compliment. Quite a good
chuckle! <grin>
> Assuming that it is a distribution, and is accompanied with a written
> offer to deliver source code in a manner customarily used for software
> distribution, if a terrorist were to write to the missile manufacturer
> and ask for the source, would it be acceptable to put that source code
> in another missile and fire that at the terrorist, since that is the
> manner the original software was distributed?
We need a munitions clause in the the GPL, now!
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