From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 1158e3,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gid1158e3,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-18 11:02:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!hammer.uoregon.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,ccomp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml,comp.lang.java.advocacy From: Ted Dennison References: <9g7r02$mni$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9g840k$qjt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <40gfitgrvd8cgu27r3vfib6eptmapb3pfl@4ax.com> <9g8lrk$37c$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ganmu$pj5$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B2E2261.303FE952@easystreet.com> <9glcks$dvk$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software Message-ID: <8nrX6.13284$pb1.485927@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:02:44 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:02:44 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8864 comp.lang.java.programmer:77189 comp.lang.pl1:1091 comp.lang.vrml:3865 comp.lang.java.advocacy:21394 Date: 2001-06-18T18:02:44+00:00 List-Id: In article <9glcks$dvk$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, Marin David Condic says... >Sending embedded code to some other location and energetically disassembling >the computer on which it is stored doesn't give the foreign government at >your new storage site/test facility on their soil the right to demand the >source under terms of the GPL. Its still your bomb - you just decided to put .. >Besides, its all moot under the terms and conditions of Catch 22 which >clearly states: "The Army can do anything you can't stop it from doing." >They're the guys holding all the guns and bombs. If they don't feel like At work we pictured it going like this: Serbia: It has come to our attention that your organization (hereafter referred to as NATO) has redistributed thousands of copies of software to our cities which is covered under the GNU Public License (hereafter referred to as the GPL) inside of the casings of shells, missiles, and bombs. Under the redistribution terms of the GPL, you are required to provide us with the sources to all the GPL'ed code that you have distributed, and to all code linked with it, yet this source code has been purposely and maliciously denied us. We are hereby suing NATO for $1.5 Billion US in compensatory and punitive damages, and for full compliance with the terms of the GPL. NATO: We are currently in the process of formulating a full and complete response to your legal brief. We respectfully request that Serbia provide the GPS coordinates of its legal council, so that we may ensure that our response is delivered properly... --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com