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Open Source Code And War

Posted by timothy on from the four-star-specific dept.

"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?

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  1. Re:Is there anything to discuss. by Jonny+Ringo · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Funny how we will use open source software for war but not for our own voting system