IMO, most software with direct military application isn't going to be open source. And anything else, how are you going to tell if it's used for war? Three, how can you word such a license to exclude this without affecting everyone? Anything productive could be considered aiding war as it produces taxes of which a portion goes to military.
On Oct 28, 3:14 pm, Brett Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Which begs for a new licensing scheme... open for any use except war. > > Brett > > On Oct 28, 10:57 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/dod-open-source-guidance.aspx?s=fc... > > > "To effectively achieve its missions, the Department of Defense must > > develop and update its software-based capabilities faster than ever, > > to anticipate new threats and respond to continuously changing > > requirements," wrote acting DOD Chief Information Officer David > > Wennergren, in a cover letter to the guidance, which was issued Oct. > > 16. "The use of Open Source Software can provide advantages in this > > regard." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
