Re: [PLUG] absurdity bordering on hilarity from redmond

["Joel A. Matz" <jmatz@bellatlantic.net>]

sean finney wrote:

> this was posted by a friend on the s(warthmore)lug mailing list.  i
> wasn't sure whether to laugh or tear out my hair when i read it...
>
> http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/02/10/23/1247236.shtml?tid=4
>
> --sean
OK, I'll probably get slapped pretty bad for this, but I agree.

Th government is not (or should not be) in the business of mandating 
future use of it research.  Distributing the fruits of publicly funded 
research under GPL would require all future derivatives to also 
distribute source.

Although I agree with GPL, I acknowledge that we are not close to a time 
where it is universally accepted & practiced.  As such, associating it 
with national research efforts would also abridge freedom, the freedom 
to subscribe to a closed source model if, as an american citizen, you so 
chose.

Seems much more appropriate for them to just release the unclassified 
stuff under public domain.

Joel

(duck & cover...)


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