Why American Corporate Software Can No Longer Be Trusted 240
jrepin writes "There is a problem with proprietary, closed software, which makes Rick Falkvinge, the founder of the first Pirate Party, a bit uneasy: 'We get a serious democratic deficit when the citizens are not able to inspect if the computers running the country's administrations are actually doing what they claim to be doing, doing all that and something else invisibly on top, doing the wrong thing in the wrong way at the wrong time, or doing nothing at all. ... In the debate around the American Stop Online Piracy Act, American legislators have demonstrated a clear capability and willingness to interfere with the technical operations of American products, when doing so furthers American political interests regardless of the policy situation in the customer’s country."
Re:The Era of Linux is at hand (Score:4, Funny)
I am not sure how you pirate completely free software, but since not all free (speech) software is free (beer) software, I suppose it is possible.
Re:The Era of Linux is at hand (Score:5, Funny)
Yes I'm sure Haiku will come up first on their list of OSes that people actually give a shit about. They'll probably implement the backend in Haiku, the frontend on Plan 9, and the supporting software on Solaris so that every one of you chucklefucks can jack off about the fact that someone actually uses your OS.
Re:HATE AMERICA WEEK (Score:5, Funny)
It's a Foster Motherland.
Re:HATE AMERICA WEEK (Score:3, Funny)
I have been pondering for a long while on whether America is a Fatherland or an Motherland...
You insensitive clod! America is and must be a Parent-Land, utterly free of sexist gender-laden stereotypes.
Oh, wait, that "Parent-Land" term might be construed as ageist or anti-youth. Uh, America is and must be an Infantile Parent-Land! Now that's more like it.
Re:The Era of Linux is at hand (Score:1, Funny)
I am increasingly of the view that Richard Stallman is correct
I guess it also means that we need to stop getting haircuts and shaving entirely, and switch to an exclusive diet of nothing but copious amounts of pasta, pepperoni pizza, Cheetos, Little Debbie snack cakes, and chugging entire 3-litre bottles of Pepsi Cola at one sitting.