Open Source Code And War 923
"Should Open Source developers help the U.S. prepare for war with Iraq?" Roblimo has a piece on NewsForge which addresses that question by showing a specific way that the U.S. military is using Free and Open Source software (in simulator-based training for Blackhawk helicopters), and letting one of the developers involved speak for himself. If software is Free, doesn't that already answer the question of who can use it?
Ender's game (Score:5, Funny)
Yup! Not good at all... (Score:4, Funny)
Now the Iraqi pilots get get up to snuff in their large fleet of Blackhawk choppers using US simulators!
Re:Yup! Not good at all... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not with my source codes! (Score:1, Funny)
the twist (Score:4, Funny)
I see. (Score:2, Funny)
That could be interesting... a "possessed" Blackhawk bombing random targets and crashing into buildings...
Re:Not with my source codes! (Score:1, Funny)
I have no problems... (Score:5, Funny)
as long as they...
don't call me a terrorist.
GOATSEX LINK IN ARTICLE! PLZ MOD DOWN, THX (Score:2, Funny)
Re:muslims are all evil! (Score:4, Funny)
It's called a hockey game
Re:Not with my source codes! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh no!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Oh crap...the thought of my software being used to kill Iraqi children is just too much to bear...[sob]
Re:Ender's game (Score:5, Funny)
Re:A double-edged sword... (Score:3, Funny)
I hope you don't watch professional wrestling.
-Bill
Re:Not with my source codes! (Score:3, Funny)
1. You owe all of the grand technology you wrote your comment on to the US military. All of the cool stuff we work on and use personally with regards to Internet communications was developed, in part, by the military. They make good stuff.
2. So what if the military uses the code? I'm not about to sling around the T-word (begins and ends with 'T', favorite word of Ashcroft), but c'mon. Might that be a little reactionary to prohibit the group that protects our freedoms from employing your work to protect more of our freedoms? It's the politicians, not the military, that suck.
3. Two words: emminent domain.
4. If you think for a split second that some silly clause in an open software license is going to stop the US mililtary, or that if you managed to prove it, you could sue them successfully, you need to stop huffing gasoline.
I don't mean this to come off as a troll (it's a passionate disagreement), but just 'cause it's military don't mean it's bad. Lighten up, folks.
Re:Drinking games (Score:4, Funny)
How dare you even suggest that! I'm a college student, and the only thing I hold higher in regard above my beer is the prospect of getting more beer!
Re:And who uses Open Source is an issue now? (Score:5, Funny)
He's right, you know. And I, for one, am 100% behind the movement to lock away all emacs users. Bloody savages...
Re:Drinking games (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Drinking games (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pretty much the plan in ... (Score:3, Funny)
Greetings Starfighter.
You have been recruited by --George Bush-- to defend the frontier against Xur and the --Sadaam-- Armada....
Get some priorities! (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, your head is screwed on backwards! The prospect of getting more beer should be priority #2 after you deal with item #1 on the agenda, the beer currently in front of you.
Sheesh. Kids these days. I weep for America.
Re:A double-edged sword... (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, there's this smart bomb heading your way, and then suddenly, instead of killing you, you see the blue screen of death.
Source for War (Score:5, Funny)
#include
#include
#include
int main()
{
cout "Attack!" endl;
while ((War==True) && (!Over_And_We_All_Go_Home_Heros))
{
Bomb();
}
return 0;
}
Re:Drinking games (Score:2, Funny)
The few women got creative and in the 'converted' mens bathrooms, they put plants in the urinals. Even I'd water plants if it was THAT easy!
Re:open (Score:3, Funny)
Slow news day + Newsforge needs some traffic.
Re:Drinking games (Score:3, Funny)
Re:open (Score:5, Funny)
The Right To Keep and Bear Arms is about more than target shooting or hunting...
Well, let's get the story straight mister. Either we have the right to Keep And Arm Bears, or we don't.
Re:open (Score:2, Funny)
Oh, wait...