After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out this bit o' wisdom: > > [gnu.misc.discuss added] > > In article <[email protected]>, > Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer <[email protected]> > 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! -- You will be honored for contributing your time and skill to a worthy cause. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
