I didn't know you were a physicist Owen. I'm finally finishing my degree after a far too long hiatus.
On Oct 29, 8:17 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > If you look deep in the archives you will find records of me deeply > involved in the anti-war movement, though it was Vietnam then. (Just > gave away my age.) > > As a physics major then we had MANY of these discussions as you can > imagine. > > BTW I want to see some of those pictures of Tom, Bryan, and Nigel on > the Chesapeake! : -) > > -Owen > > On Oct 29, 8:48 am, Bryan Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Oct 28, 5:49 pm, Brett Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Once wrote some controller software to quickly and smoothly point a > > > telescope very accurately at a point in the sky. After someone joked > > > about attaching a gun to the thing instead of a telescope I added a > > > license to it which prevented its use for military purposes. Yes it > > > can be done, and IMHO should. > > > If we do so: > > > 1) Hobo would no longer be considered "open source" > > > 2) The license would no longer be identical to the Rails license, > > which confers several benefits > > > 3) It bites the hand that feeds us in 2 ways: besides possibly > > alienating Barquin, Hobo's biggest sponsor, it was the Department of > > Defense (through DARPA) that built the internet in the first place. > > > There are some good FAQ's floating around that explain why the GPL > > (which is far more militant than the Hobo license) does not limit use > > to non-commercial or non-military. > > > Bryan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
