[TriLUG] plan9

[William Sutton]

...and only for the US government.  I doubt they want anyone independently 
making WND in the US :)

William

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Brian Henning wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is cynicism on my part or not, but I couldn't help but
> notice how it says "...in the creation of weapons of mass destruction *to be
> used by nations other than the US.*"  (emphasis mine of course).  So you
> *can* use plan9 for WMDs, but only in the United States of America.
> 
> I agree.  Egads.
> 
> ~Brian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> Behalf Of Mike M
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:32 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] plan9
> 
> 
> Reading /. today I ran across plan9 again and did
> some googling.  Found the download section which was
> amusing/disturbing:
> 
> To download the software [plan9], you must fill out this form:
> 
> Mandatory:
> I acknowledge that
> 
>     * the software is not intended for use by a government end-user
>       except those in the United States, Canada, the European Union,
>       Australia, Norway, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Japan,
>       Switzerland, and New Zealand. (government end-users are defined in
>       part 772).
>     * I understand that the cryptographic software is subject to
>       export controls under the Export Administration Regulations.
>     * I understand that I cannot export the software without a
>       license or other authorization.
>     * I will not be using Plan 9 in the creation of weapons
>       of mass destruction to be used by nations other than
>       the US.
> 
> Egads. WMD?
> 
> Anybody ever try plan9?  There was a claim on /. that OpenBSD wants to
> use the plan9 C compiler but have problems with the license (which
> I can see might be a problem for them).
> --
> Mike
> 
> Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm.
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