US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register)

Posted Jun 12, 2012 12:27 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (guest, #50784)
In reply to: US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register) by atai
Parent article: US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register)

No, because the US would regard the capture of the drone as theft. Even stuff that the US leaves behind intentionally isn't automatically the property of the recipient, so when one's country gets littered with cluster bombs, the US is presumably responsible for the de-mining bill and any littering penalties, although expect the goalposts to move when the stuff left behind isn't militarily sensitive and/or is hazardous and expensive to clean up.

US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register)

Posted Jun 12, 2012 14:34 UTC (Tue) by dashesy (guest, #74652) [Link] (1 responses)

Well, the address is exactly specified somewhere, so it cannot be a theft, they only perform the act of opening the attachment to an unusual form of distribution. However, since they most likely redistribute the code to their northern neighbor, there might be a problem if there is any trade secrets.

US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register)

Posted Jun 12, 2012 19:12 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

What address? In any case, the equipment remains the property of the US military at all times, at least in their eyes, so they can always claim ownership even if someone else actually has it in their possession.

You could think of it as something like a Tivo box, but without even the acknowledgement that someone else is allowed to operate the software.

US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register)

Posted Jun 13, 2012 5:06 UTC (Wed) by scientes (guest, #83068) [Link] (1 responses)

Also, Iran, unlike most countries, has zero formal agreement with the United States regarding copyrights.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-United_States_copyrigh...

US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet (The Register)

Posted Jun 13, 2012 11:24 UTC (Wed) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link]

And all this because the US has vetoed Iran's requests to become a member of the WTO for decades...