Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:47:58 -0600 From: Jarrod Slick <jarrod.sl@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Like it or not, Theo is having a good laugh .. Message-ID: <4CAFF3FE.6090508@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=n5NUaG4EF%2BFAj4eZPqf=FzcyEsxZNuOk8o8GZ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20101009014310.O2036@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <AANLkTi=n5NUaG4EF%2BFAj4eZPqf=FzcyEsxZNuOk8o8GZ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/8/10 9:33 PM, Rob Farmer wrote: > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:31, Ian Smith<smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: >> We've had a clear explanation of why it's still there - an historical >> oversight at worst, pre present levels of paranoia and litigiousness - >> by Jung-uk Kim, who's been importing Intel ACPICA code into FreeBSD for >> five or so years, among large works on other core aspects of FreeBSD. >> >> He stated that it will be dealt with in the next import of the code. >> End of story? Let facts get in the way of such a splendid beat-up?] > What do you mean by "dealt with"? Just drop clauses from the license? > Has someone who legally represents the copyright holder approved that > in writing? > >> If anyone finds any State Secrets or vaguely crypto code in Intel's free >> (in both senses) ACPICA code implementation of open ACPI specifications, >> I'm sure we'll get to hear about it. Meanwhile, please shut the FUD up. > Export restrictions apply to more than crypto, and removing the > license terms saying this doesn't actually remove the restrictions - > they are a law. > > The only people spreading FUD here are those who are have an > anti-American attitude and are unwilling to accept that since key > parts of FreeBSD are contributions by people in the US and are then > exported, it just might actually be affected by what US lawmakers say > about exports. > @rob, Kinda wish you would make a video wherein you read your above statement from a teleprompter with a green-screened American flag billowing in the background. You might want to add in a statement about your deep respect and admiration for the troops, though. To add in even more of that good ol' fashioned American [self-]righteousness you could even, in a senseless spat of litigiousness, DMCA yourself and have the video removed from whatever third-party site you decide to post it on. Oh, and disclaimer . . . I'm an American. Anyhow, I'll go back to lurking.
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