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Re: British Government Demands Open Source

__/ [ B Gruff ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 23:30 \__

> On Thursday 16 March 2006 18:25 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> UK government demands open source for US jet fighter
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The UK Government has told the US that it will cancel its $12bn order
>> | for Joint Strike Fighter unless it is given the complete source code for
>> | the aircraft's computer system.
>> `----
>> 
>>
>
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/84836/uk-gov-demands-open-source-for-us-jet-fighter.html
> 
> With respect, Roy, I don't think they are demanding "Open Source" at all,
> are they?  They are merely demanding that they (the customer) *have* the
> source.  There's no way that this is going to be freely distributed,
> surely?:-)

I was relying on the article's title in this case. *smile* Blame the article,
not me. It's like stealing from a theif.

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