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Mitch Altman Parts Ways With Maker Fair Over DARPA Grant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the greener-pastures dept.

SWroclawski writes "Well known hacker and hackerspace advocate Mitch Altman has decided to temporarily part ways with Maker Faire over their involvement with DARPA (as reported on Twitter and Facebook). This public parting of ways raises the question of what role government, especially the military, should play in working alongside hackers and educators."

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  1. Well that's fine then, boycott the internet by gelfling · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Please by all means boycott all civilian technology every developed out of the military such as THE INTERNET.

  2. Re:People should be free, but only on your terms? by Beelzebud · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, support the military, or be a luddite. Does that about sum it up? How about this: Those technologies are already here, have already been invented, and are already a part of our lives. If he doesn't want to help them develop *new* stuff, that is his choice. Why it makes you so butt-hurt is really puzzling to me. So the guy is a hypocrite? In my experience every fucking human being on the planet is a hypocrite to some degree.