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New 'No Military Use' GPL For GPU

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the damn-the-man dept.

Tina Gasperson writes "GPU is a Gnutella client that creates ad-hoc supercomputers by allowing individual PCs on the network to share CPU resources with each other. That's intriguing enough, but the really interesting thing about GPU is the license its developers have given it. They call it a 'no military use' modified version of the GNU General Public License (GPL). The developers told Newsforge why they did it, with commentary from OSI and FSF." Newsforge is also owned by OSTG, Slashdot's parent company.

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  1. nice press by trybywrench · · Score: 5, Funny

    I seriously doubt the military needs Gnutella for their supercomputing needs. Nice press release and good job on making the main page of slashdot to promote your project though *golf clap*.

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  2. FLGPL by amightywind · · Score: 5, Funny
    They call it a 'no military use' modified version of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

    I call it Copyfarleft.

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  3. Sort of like this.... by MonkeyPaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Software developer: HEY ARMY GUYS! I said you can't use this software.

    Army Guys: I have a big gun.

    Software developer: I'm going back to my cube now.

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  4. Re:wankery indeed by Registered+Coward+v2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have any of them actually read I, Robot?

    Why read when you can watch the movie?

    - R Daniel Oliver

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    I'm a consultant - I convert gibberish into cash-flow.