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Re: Does Hebrew U. violate the GPL?
Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
bla bla ...
> But I agree on all other points. This is the 7th port of MOSIX to a unix
> like system. They can always do another port, or go back to BSD. But my
> guess is they switched to Linux for a reason... Maybe they will be
> powerfull enough to convince the power that be that holding back on
> technology never works.
This is a sort of an interesting well founded view. I just wonder which
history you've been reading which I haven't read. The one about of how naval
wars were won in the last few centuries. Or was it the one of how the Germans
& the Americans seemed to race neck to neck to develop the first nuclear bomb
(despite the fact it turned out the Germans were far behind). I'm sure the world
would have looked different if the Americans had just turned over their nuclear
secrets right after WWII. How many years did it take this technology to
propagate? By the looks of the world it hasn't really reached that far. Perhaps
the U.S. should hand over the technology for radar evasion to the Iraqis or
Iranians. I'm sure such a bomber would be a great comfort to all of us.
These all encompassing statements usually sound good on paper, but are rather
silly in reality (I wouldn't even call them naive). I sleep more quietly with
some technologies held back. I don't know why MOSIX is not released but I have
enough good sense to let well enough alone.
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