Why Human Rights Requires Free Software

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Why Human Rights Requires Free Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday October 12, 2002 @02:33AM from the necessary-but-not-sufficient dept.

andyo writes "Why Human Rights Requires Free Software: Report on a practitioner's view of the critical role free software plays in the work of human rights activists around the globe."

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FP! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 02:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

3rd Post!!!
FRITS POTS! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 02:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Blah!
Oddly Enough.... by simetra · 2002-10-12 02:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Those that did survive the Holocaust did so with neither free nor spendy software. Heck, they didn't so much as have an Apple II! Oh, the humanity!

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1. Re:Oddly Enough.... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 04:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Oh please eat my ass. The Jews have been getting it up the ass for thousands of years, and it's damn near time for some payback. How can you support such a group of people that clearly state that "they will not stop till the death of Israel..."?
  
  Your pinko commie ass is probably too ignorant to remember, but in 1967 there was this little thing called the "Six Day war." Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan tried to corner Israel and do what the Arabs said "is a total war which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence." Wow just eat that up for size.
  
  Know why it was called the 6-Day war? Cause that's how long it took Israel to kick all those countries' fucking asses.
  
  A fucking nomadic never-had-a-home-cause-we're-not-really-a-real-rac e Palestinian would never get my sympathy cause they're all fucking murderers willing to blow themselves up so they can kill more poor Israelis at cafes and busses full of schoolchildren.
  
  The Israelis are smart. For example, never piss off an Israeli chick- cause they all have military training. Why? Well, the Jews got a little pissed that everyone was trying to kill them all the time, so mandatory military training was their way to defend themselves.
  
  Leave the Jews alone. Why don't you move the fuck over there you narrow-minded commie bastard? See what it feels like going to get lunch all the while worrying if that filthy smelly Arab behind you really has a bomb strapped to his chest and will blow you to smitherines -- of course cause you "did something wrong," right?
  
  I swear if I knew who you Palestinian supporters were on the street I'd stop to kick all your fucking asses. You make me sick. All of you. I spit upon your graves.
this mans website runs on microsoft by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 02:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

this mans website runs on microsoft software and he uses windows as his operating system. you can see him at his computer here. he cannot be trusted. we must stay strong and only listen to linus torvaldos, future leader of the free world. with him and open source, we can ensure the future of our world.
1. Re:this mans website runs on microsoft by iiioxx · 2002-10-12 05:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  So would that make me the Six Million Dollar Nerd? That could be cool.
  
  duunananananaa...
middle east peace by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 02:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

George Bush says the only way to have lasting peace in the middle east is to wage war on iraq, install a military dictator and give exxon-mobile the war spoils.

Gee that sounds like a plan.

I mean actually have israel stop colonizing palestinian reservations and dropping 1-ton bombs on apartment building could help bring peace, but where's the oil in that?

Besides it's virtually impossible to get elected in the united states with out zionist campaign contributions.

So i guess Bush is right, in order to have peace in the middle east we need to wage more wars!

YeeeHaww ride em cowboys!
He's right. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 02:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If we take out Iraq, Iran, Saudi, etc., and give it *all* to Israel, we won't have to worry about the entire Middle East. It'll be united under a group of people who cry, "Defend us, US! You need the Jew vote!"

Not quite the image of real peace, eh? But we're damned if we do, and damned if we don't. The Middle East is filled with people who, for thousands of years, have been killing each other over who's fucking imaginary friend is better.

Nothing we do, nothing we say, no amount of bombs we drop, no numerous soldiers of the UN who invade, will stop these people from killing each other.

Only common sense can do that. And since it hasn't been displayed in that region for millenia, I hold no hopes of it emerging there within my lifetime, either.
Re:I think we're stretching things a bit... by iiioxx · 2002-10-12 02:56 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Hmm. You're right. I went back and "re-skimmed" the article. Sorry. Someone go ahead and mod me down (OT).
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Re:I think we're stretching things a bit... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-12 03:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If you care about human rights, DONT USE OR SUPPORT REDHAT!

Don't support companies that is willing to sell out freedom and democracy for dollars like Redhat.

Redhat removed Taiwans flag and status as independant in latest Redhat 8.0 to please the totalitarian dictatorship in China against the democracy of Taiwan.

Even microsoft lists Taiwan in their Country-list despite objections from the Chinese government.

Even Microsoft is defending freedom, Redhat is not.

Please, chose another distributions, there is a lots of good distributions. You don't have to use Redhat and shouldn't if you care about freedom and democracy.

Even if the UN officially don't regognise Taiwan as a independant country because of the risk of war, most democratic nations clearly view Taiwan as a independant democratic nation. They have their own Flag and elected government.

->RPM spec file "kdebase.spec".
Line 558:
# remove taiwanese flag
%if %{redhatify}
rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale/l10n/tw/flag.png
%endif

Line 735:
Mon Aug 5 2002 Than Ngo than@redhat.com 3.0.2-7.2
- add patch file to fix kicker segfault (bug #69688)
- get rid of Taiwanese Flag in KDE (bug #70235)

Line 830:
* Mon Apr 4 2002 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer bero@redhat.com 3.0.0-5
- Add fixes from KDE_3_0_BRANCH, except for the "F1 in konsole" change
(that one breaks things)
- Don't show Taiwanese flag for zh_CN (#61946)
- Move in Red Hat splash screen

Red Hat customer support has this to say:

"As a global company Red Hat must be sensitive to political differences that impact the markets it serves. One of those markets is Mainland China, where the inclusion of the Taiwanese flag would have prevented the introduction of Red Hat Linux 8.0."
Wanking reports by chainrust · 2002-10-12 03:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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