[Python-Dev] FINAL PROPULSION OPEN SOURCE ENGINE VARIANT FOR THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER

[Guido van Rossum]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Matthew
Wilkes<matthew at matthewwilkes.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On 13 Jun 2009, at 00:01, OMEGA RED wrote:
>
>> DEVELOP THE FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETELY OPEN SOURCE VARIANT OF THE
>> PROPULSION ENGINE FOR THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER
>
> You're unlikely to find many people who want to help use open-source to
> facilitate murder.

That's a rather presumptuous statement. Despite the poster's use of
SHOUTING I don't see a reason to tell them they should use proprietary
software just because you disagree with their politics. (Hey, I
disagree with Eric Raymond's *and* Richard Stallman's politics. :-)

>> HOW MANY OUT THERE WANT TO HELP IN THIS ENDEAVOR ?
>
> Nobody here.  You're off topic, this list is for development of Python, not
> pet projects.

True. Comp.lang.python might be a better place.

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