RE: [PEAR-DEV] OT warning -- Re: [PEAR-DEV] Licence

The US Defense Department, for example, uses open source software (including PHP) extensively. There was a report about this up at http://www.disa.mil/pao/dodfoss.html but it's gone now. You can still see it in Google's cache, however, here: http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:www.disa.mil/pao/dodfoss.html David > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Beaver [mailto:greg@chiaraquartet.net] > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 11:23 AM > To: pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: [PEAR-DEV] OT warning -- Re: [PEAR-DEV] Licence > > > Do you know of any weapons industry people who are using open source > software? I'd be shocked, unless we're talking Joe Bob's Texas > semi-automatic emporium website. In general, open source code has no > security certification, except that you can read the code yourself. > > What we really need is a tax license. "I authorize these funds to be > used for education, social programs, and preserving the environment. > 20% may be used for defense of our national territories. No money is > authorized for aggressive imperialism" > > :) > > Greg > > echo15@delirium.ch wrote: > > Hey Devs > > > > Does anyone know if there's a licence compatible with PEAR yet for > > instance excluding the weapons industry? I guess the answer is 'no' as > > the word 'exclude' clashes with the 'free software' spirit of PEAR. > > Yet > > however unlikely, it's just an uncomfortable thought that the things I > > create in my spare time are used by such guys. Yes, I know, my teflon > > pan was born in NASA labs. > > > > -sven > > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php