Yeah. Sort of a disappointment, really. A homebrew LandWarrior would be
ferkin' awesome!

> Never mind, I did not see the rest of the thread.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
> der.hans
> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 12:41 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: Land Warrior
>
> Am 26. May, 2007 schwätzte Tuna so:
>
>> Apparently the Army's Land Warrior system runs Linux.
>>
>> http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4215725.html
>
> Interesting. Where can we buy those displays?
>
>> But here's my question: Where's the code? Don't they have to release
>> the source code if it's open source?
>
> If it's your code under the GPL and you don't release the binary to anyone
> you don't have to provide the source.
>
> The government isn't allowed to own copyright, so most likely the software
> is provided by companies. If they're providing it under the GPL they only
> need to offer to provide the source code to those who've gotten the binary
> products. In other words, they can offer the source code to the
> government, but don't have to offer it to anyone who isn't buying these
> units.
>
> The government isn't under obligation to release the source code. If you
> thought for more than 2 seconds about the possibility of this government
> releasing military info it doesn't need to release you wasted your time.
>
> The source code doesn't necessarily have to be GPL (I didn't read the
> whole article, so maybe I missed something saying the application code is
> GPL), so it might be proprietary.
>
> The GPL only affects modifications to GPL code bases or code that depends
> on GPL code. Generally, if you interface with the GPL code via and API
> you're not subject to the GPL. The Affero modification to the GPL covers
> this case, but the GNU GPL does not.
>
> If you're including a library that's under the GPL you'd be subject to the
> GPL. The easy way to avoid that is to write your own library and not use
> one that's been GPLd.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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