Re: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free Software?

[gregor]

hi all. here is what i feel.

war is something, where banks win and people loose. i hoped FSF was not 
a politically oriented organization.

makes me sad, seeing how FSF rushes to be "politically correct" in the 
world run by propaganda machines.

agitprop is what i see, which is to say it obviouslly works.

to make it clear, i am not the side of some country nor some army nor  
some soldiers (poor souls, not to mention civilians), but on the side of 
peace. once someone during a war takes side, he/she becomes a soldier.

sad is what i am.

yt

g

ps

live by the sword die by the sword is what bible says

On 24. 02. 22 18:43, Arthur Torrey wrote:
> Much as we might want to shut off the Russians, I don't think this is something 
> that the GPL type licenses allow...  This has come up time and time again in 
> regards to limiting access to all sorts of other undesirables, and the bottom 
> line is that as long as they are complying w/ the licenses (i.e. copylefting 
> changes, etc.) they can't be cut off...
>
> An ironic / amusing question I remember being raised a while back: Is the 
> question about if Free Software is used in a 'smart' weapon, (smart bomb 
> guidance system, drone, etc.); and an intact device falls into the hands of the 
> enemy, does that count as 'distribution' and entitle the enemy to demand the 
> corresponding source code?
>
> ART
>
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> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:04:30 +0000
> From: Jacob Hrbek <kreyren@rixotstudio.cz>
> To: Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss
>         <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>
> Subject: Should we take steps to reduce russian access to Free
>         Software?
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> Today russian forces invaded ukraine and started an unprovoked war with
> free software being used across russia and in the government thus
> playing a major role in russia's war capabilities.
>
> Should we and can we take steps to prevent/reduce russia's access to our
> software?
>
>
>
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