Comments on: Open Source and Defense http://ifup.org/2005/12/30/open-source-and-defense Brandon Philips weblog on open source, robotics and technology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:59:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://ifup.org/2005/12/30/open-source-and-defense#comment-876 Chris Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:03:00 +0000 http://ifup.org/?p=23#comment-876 Interesting article. I agree that it's a slippery slope to try to define what is acceptable use and what is not, but might giving no guidelines whatsoever in the name of "freedom" be tantamount to simply passing the buck? What about a license which is specific that this technology not be used for the purpose of killing other human beings? Just trying to get at something that is difficult to be precise about, but I think you can see my point. If not the author, who else is going to stand up and say, "No, you don't have my permission to use this work to kill other people." Thanks for you post. Interesting article. I agree that it’s a slippery slope to try to define what is acceptable use and what is not, but might giving no guidelines whatsoever in the name of “freedom” be tantamount to simply passing the buck?

What about a license which is specific that this technology not be used for the purpose of killing other human beings? Just trying to get at something that is difficult to be precise about, but I think you can see my point. If not the author, who else is going to stand up and say, “No, you don’t have my permission to use this work to kill other people.”

Thanks for you post.

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]]> By: James http://ifup.org/2005/12/30/open-source-and-defense#comment-719 James Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:27:42 +0000 http://ifup.org/?p=23#comment-719 So, what can we do to get the media to promote the fact that the word "free" has multiple meanings and to talk about the notion of freedom instead of free as in beer... So, what can we do to get the media to promote the fact that the word “free” has multiple meanings and to talk about the notion of freedom instead of free as in beer…

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