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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. Re:Psssh. by kfg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    . . .if it came down to starvation for you and your child vs eating Bambi, Bambi'd be on a stick.

    Presumably Bambi found something to eat?

    KFG

  2. Re:Violence isn't a tool it's an ineffective actio by mrraven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wish moderators had to provide justifications for their moderations. How is providing a solution to the middle east crisis which involves the conservatives beloved market, "flambait," EXACTLY?

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    Tired of all the isms, don't exploit people as an employer, or a government, mmmmK?
  3. Re:Psssh. by killjoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I vote for "worse""

    Vote for whatever you want. If everybody was a pacifist there would have been no WWII. If pacifism was a worldwide philosophy countries would not be able to gather up enough armies to do their bidding.

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    evil is as evil does
  4. Re:Psssh. by killjoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So if everybody can't be a pacifist then nobody should be a pacifist. If everybody can't be a christian then nobody should be a christian. If everybody can't be kind then nobody should be kind. If everybody can't be generous then nobody should be generous. If everybody can't obey the law then nobody should obey the law.

    Perfect is the enemy of good.

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    evil is as evil does