There is some sort of "nerd naivete" that they are the ones with power to control those things. If you're a nerd developing open source (not an insult; I'm in that category), our job is to develop effective technology.…
I doubt this is enforceable. Are you going to sue a government secret program because they used some open source code in a way that violates some weird clause?
The article is not completely wrong in its premises, but phrased incorrectly. This is not about technologies (after all, an authoritarian government will use many existing technologies, from the car to the computer),…
There is some sort of "nerd naivete" that they are the ones with power to control those things. If you're a nerd developing open source (not an insult; I'm in that category), our job is to develop effective technology.…
I doubt this is enforceable. Are you going to sue a government secret program because they used some open source code in a way that violates some weird clause?
The article is not completely wrong in its premises, but phrased incorrectly. This is not about technologies (after all, an authoritarian government will use many existing technologies, from the car to the computer),…