From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: non military license for ada
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 03:30:19 GMT
Date: 2003-03-18T03:30:19+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fpwda.66431$gi1.7605@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6a90b886.0303171644.20164b4d@posting.google.com>
Tony Gair wrote:
> Please explain how your rights and freedoms are being removed from you
> not being able to use a piece of software for military purposes.
I apologize. I see from your original post that you just talk about
open source, not free software.
> Perhaps you are talking about the freedom to bomb, maim and kill or
> equip others with that ability.
It's certainly important for my government to be able to do that.
If I were writing free software, I would certainly wantthem to be
able to use it.
> Perhaps we are just invoking the magical flag waving bushism of
> Freedom, which apparently includes the freedom to arrest librarians
> for Treason, and refuse them counsel for their henious crime of
> refusing to answer what books that bearded gentleman has just borrowed
> from the library.
I expect that if this actually happens, that freedom won't last long.
Of course, public librarians are government employees. I don't know by
what premise they think they have the right to withold this information
from their employers.
> Thanks again for the entertainment.
Glad to help.
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2003-03-14 10:43 non military license for ada Tony Gair
2003-03-14 11:21 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-14 15:32 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-14 15:38 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-14 17:49 ` Stephen Leake
2003-03-14 18:34 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-15 10:20 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-14 18:42 ` sk
2003-03-14 20:52 ` Christopher Browne
2003-03-14 21:00 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-03-14 21:19 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-14 22:51 ` chris.danx
2003-03-14 23:33 ` sk
2003-03-15 0:52 ` chris.danx
2003-03-15 9:54 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-15 9:52 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-15 19:31 ` chris.danx
2003-03-16 10:42 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-17 8:31 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-16 20:00 ` Michael Bode
2003-03-17 8:20 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-17 16:38 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 0:44 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-18 3:30 ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2003-03-18 5:38 ` tmoran
2003-03-18 6:43 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 10:53 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-18 11:26 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-18 15:49 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 16:13 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-19 9:51 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-19 16:29 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-19 16:39 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-19 17:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-19 19:27 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-19 19:37 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-19 19:42 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-03-19 20:51 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-20 0:41 ` chris.danx
2003-03-20 0:58 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-03-20 5:47 ` Pascal Obry
2003-03-20 3:32 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-20 12:57 ` chris.danx
2003-03-20 15:03 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-19 20:55 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-20 0:28 ` chris.danx
2003-03-20 3:02 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-20 3:16 ` Christopher Browne
2003-03-20 3:29 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-20 5:29 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-03-20 5:53 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-20 6:50 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-03-20 3:33 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <1048091365.478422@master.nyc.kbcfOrganization: LJK Software <wX1KOA4AzqL7@eisner.encompasserve.org>
2003-03-20 11:56 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-19 11:33 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-19 21:27 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-19 21:42 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 20:22 ` 1000 Km Off Topic: " Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-18 20:29 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 20:35 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-18 21:01 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-18 21:32 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-18 21:51 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-20 8:21 ` sk
2003-03-15 5:15 ` Richard Riehle
2003-03-15 12:47 ` Faust
2003-03-14 21:28 ` sk
2003-03-15 1:21 ` Stephane Richard
2003-03-15 14:05 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-16 8:39 ` Florian Weimer
2003-03-16 19:07 ` sk
2003-03-23 11:28 ` Florian Weimer
2003-03-19 23:28 ` Tony Gair
2003-03-20 3:11 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-20 13:37 ` Frank
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