On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 18:26 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote: > Jonathan Cast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. Sheesh. jcc _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
