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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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 TĂșlio 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 _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe