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Blowing people up

Blowing people up

Posted Oct 28, 2009 11:35 UTC (Wed) by brinkmd (subscriber, #45122)
In reply to: Blowing people up by ncm
Parent article: New DoD memo on Open Source Software (David Wheeler's Blog)

Yes, but imagine how much more useful the money would be if the projects were designed to serve primarily civil goals only and not military or dual-use goals. Still, the reality is that the US is doing it that way, and it is hard to ignore. My example would be that MIT receives a lot of funding from the DoD, but it also employs Noam Chomsky. It's a crazy world.


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