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Posted by michael on Wednesday April 23, 2003 @12:12AM from the as-the-wheel-turns dept.

Mortimer.CA writes "The OpenBSD Journal has an article with more info on cutting of the OpenBSD funding. It seems that the funding was partially cut due to worries about "capable nation-states". Also Mark West asked the hotel to cancel all reservations for the upcoming "hackathon" -- even though many of the arriving developers have non-refundable tickets, and would have no place to stay. Jonathan Smith also probably had something to do with the decision. If you would like to voice your opinion to these individuals, please be clear, extremely professional and courteous. Flaming and being childish will only hurt OSS. Also, please think about donating or ordering something to help the project along." DARPA, which initially denied that it was cancelling the grant, has now admitted it. Although de Raadt seems to be upset with how his UPenn contacts are handling the cancellation, it's DARPA that is ultimately at fault, not the UPenn people.

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Theo a hypocrite, can't be by binaryDigit · 2003-04-23 01:33 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the hypocrisy in Theo's statement. He hopes that one less missle can be made, puleeze. If he really cared a damn about the issue, he wouldn't be accepting DARPA money to work on his OS. OK, so one less missle is made, how about if OpenBSD is then used to guide the remaining missles to their targets, would he feel any better? Or will he hide behind "hey I just make the tool, it's up to DARPA/DoD to use it as they see fit" or "OSS doesn't kill people, people kill people"?