[Haskell-cafe] Re: Hmm, what license to use?

[Jonathan Cast]

On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 09:48 -0700, Jonathan Cast wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 18:50 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote:
> > Jonathan Cast <jonathanccast at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 18:26 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote:
> > > > Jonathan Cast <jonathanccast at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 13:01 -0300, Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Op vrijdag 26-09-2008 om 11:45 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef
> > > > > > Stefan Monnier:
> > > > > > > > When I compare GPL and MIT/BSD licenses, I do a simple
> > > > > > > > reasoning. Suppose a doctor in a battle field meet a badly
> > > > > > > > injuried enemy. Should he help the enemy?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > My answer would be that he indeed should, at the condition
> > > > > > > that the patient will switch side.  Oh wait, that's just what
> > > > > > > the GPL says.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This is a good requisition if he is sure that he is on the right
> > > > > > side of the battle, which is a assumption the soldier probably
> > > > > > does, but should the doctor do it too?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yikes.  I should go create a /. thread for this to move to.
> > > > > 
> > > > The standard practise:
> > > > 
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triage
> > > > 
> > > > has enough moral compensations by itself to make you gulp.
> > > 
> > > Huh?  Has that page been edited since you last looked at it?  It
> > > doesn't say a thing about military practice, specifically, except
> > > that it originated *behind the French lines* in WWI, which I guess is
> > > where all those German soldiers were taken so they could be patched
> > > up and returned to their own side.
> > > 
> > Indeed it doesn't and neither did my civil protection training, and I
> > didn't intend to post a link containing such information.
> > 
> > I wasn't told anything about enemies, either, but since I'd be there
> > in official office, not helping would not only mean risking getting
> > sentenced on the grounds of failure to aid, but negligent homicide.
> > 
> > I don't know about military paramedics, but the same law should apply.
> 
> I don't trust your instincts w.r.t. `should' as applied to the military.

Nevertheless, this thread has gone *far* off-topic.  It no longer has
any relation to software licensing, software, or Haskell, and I will
personally no longer contribute to it.  I will also be deleting any
further emails unread.

jcc