Zitat von someone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I did not get that impression when googling in the > > forums. Maybe because of US-made wars or because of > > overly strict IP regulations that could endanger the > > freedom of the source code? By the way, I think you > > had that mail server which did not even allow German > > mailservers, because you used a blacklist which has > > the opinion that German whois is too hard to use, > > while German whois thinks that whois should not be > > too easy to use - to avoid spam... ;-). > > The US did not call Bin Laden and say, "Hey > Osama, talk a couple of impressionable muslims > with a lack of respect for human life into > hijacking and crashing multiple 7x7's into > occupied office buildings." Nor did Britain > consort with radicals so that the London > bombings would happen. Spain didn't cut a > deal with someone to bomb the train systems > in Madrid. > > No civil entity makes war without a just cause. > Terrorists who are driven by hatred aren't civil. > You don't conquer a nation with a small peace > keeping force. > > Want to hate Americans for the chaos in Iraq? > Well, what do you think an American looks like? > Mostly we are Heinz 57. You might run into an > Asian decent American, or a Russian decent > American, or even a German American. Heck, > there are even Arab Americans. > > Never mind that Al-Queada, which orchestrated > 9/11, is behind some of the recent chaos in > Iraq. Don't hate Americans, hate the terrorist > masterminds who want Iraq to remain violent. > The number one war injury for coalition > soldiers is brain damage from road side bombs. > Only cowards detonate bombs remotely to harm > peace keepers. > > The chaos in Iraq is so severe, it is no wonder > how difficult it is to get Iraq to produce > military and police forces capable of keeping > the peace without outside reinforcement. At > least Iraq has something now that is slowly > growing to meet it's peace keeping needs. > Long term, reconciliation is needed between > the various warring factions in Iraq. It is > awfully hard to reconcile with someone who > has no compunction about killing you though. > > Every time Iraqi's think America is ready > to pull out, the political process stalls. > The situation in Iraq is not a civil war > because there are too many sides in it and > outside interference from Iran. > > > > You should be able to code anything honestly, > > > at any time, regardless of whether it is > > > similar to or even identical to proprietary code. > > > > Agreed, but unfortunately US - and maybe soon European > > as well - patent laws are not made for computer age. It > > is unrealistic to forbid people to add feature X to any > > software for 20 years simply because Y has it patented... > > I disagree with this. Microsoft's monopoly makes > our laws, which are an outgrowth of English > property law, break. Of course current patent and > copyright systems around the world create a problem > if one company has a controlling interest in all > the relevant technology in a single industry sector. > Sherman anti trust law in America is supposed to > prevent this, but it isn't being enforced with > respect to Microsoft. Vista is the most strident > violation of Sherman anti trust in the history of > the law. This Novell Microsoft deal is a related > matter with Microsoft trying to claim that it owns > Linux. Without copyright law, the GNU GPL would > not exist. Concerning patent law, I hear there > are active efforts in America to tighten it up so > that the patents that are granted are far less > frivolous. It's time to excuse the double click > patent. Capitalism in general blows up when you > have monopolies, a manifestation of excessive > greed. > > Michael C. Robinson > > > ** > Most of the world's oil doesn't come from > Iraq. A third of America's oil comes from > South America and another significant percentage > comes from Africa before any oil is shipped here > from the Middle East. America is trying to reduce > it's reliance on foreign oil in favor of domestic > renewable sources, such as corn based ethanol. > How much corn do you divert to fuel and how do you > produce enough corn without adversely affecting > the environment though? Current technology isn't > offering any easy answers. > > Increasing the amount of nuclear plants would help > America meet it's energy needs cleanly, but you > can't build a nuclear facility in America let > alone an oil refinery (a greater contributor to > our higher fuel prices recently than supply shortages). > There is advanced technology to build safe fission > plants, but the American public, at least the 60's > and 70's generations, are too afraid. Electricity > adoption in general was slow in this country > thanks to fear. > > Australia could stop burning coal in favor of > nuclear plants, but it won't despite having some > of the world's largest and highest quality > reserves. > ** > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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