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UK Demands Sourcecode for Strike Fighters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we're-taking-our-jets-and-going-home dept.

An anonymous reader writes ""The UK has warned America that it will cancel its £12bn order for the Joint Strike Fighter if the US does not hand over full access to the computer software code that controls the jets" Lord Drayson, minister for defense procurement, told the The Daily Telegraph that the planes were useless without control of the software as they could effectively be "switched off" by the Americans without warning."

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  1. We can fix it! by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gee, give us a few jets and we'll get right on writing Open Source Software for them...

  2. Come on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well after 1776 and 1812, can ya blame America for a little fail-safe? /tongue_in_cheek

  3. The F-22 Under GPL! by flyingrobots · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they'll post it on Sourceforge ;)

  4. Command Navigation Program by Swifti · · Score: 5, Funny

    More info about the Joint Strike Fighter's navigation software here.

  5. Nothing to see here by lhoriman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lockheed's chief scientist, Dr. Gaius Baltar, stated last Friday: "There is absolutely, I repeat, absolutely, no way that the Joint Strike Fighters could be shut down with a software instruction".

  6. Re:To be fair by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 5, Funny

    We are at peace with the Brits; We have always been at peace with the Brits. =)

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