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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2d9aad84ea395c96 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-17 19:30:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!west.cox.net!cox.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny02.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4a) Gecko/20030315 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: non military license for ada References: <6a90b886.0303140243.7908f923@posting.google.com> <1047676770.614608@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <6a90b886.0303170020.5e230ea5@posting.google.com> <1047919117.217610@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <6a90b886.0303171644.20164b4d@posting.google.com> In-Reply-To: <6a90b886.0303171644.20164b4d@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 03:30:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.83.248.150 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny02.gnilink.net 1047958219 162.83.248.150 (Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:30:19 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 22:30:19 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35433 Date: 2003-03-18T03:30:19+00:00 List-Id: 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.