Messages in this thread |  | | From | Telford002@aol ... | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:23:41 EST | Subject | Re: Nazi kernels |
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In a message dated 11/10/01 11:05:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, johnc@damncats.org writes:
> lobo@polbox.com wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Thank You guys for Your work. I'm say goodbye to linux community, > > because nazi kernel's don't allow me to load modules needed for my > > graphic card. What will be next, maybe you disable to run non GPL > > executables under linux ? > > > I'd suggest that you get a clue about what you're talking about before > spouting off nonsense. The license code in the kernel doesn't prohibit > anything, it simply provides a means of determining if the kernel is > running closed code and thus out of the scope of the kernel maintainers. > > Frankly, any comparison of SOFTWARE to the horrific evil of the Nazi > party is an abomination. For that alone, you really don't earn the price > of admission to anything involving a brain. I can't begin to fathom the > thought processes of an individual who would belittle the suffering, > pain, and sacrifices of those who experience that time period with such > a comparison. > > I'm sure you're proud.
The idiom is not new. I remember that Modula II was called a Nazi language in the early 80s. I preferred to call it a Bondage & Discipline language myself.
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