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Re:US military UAVs migrate to Linux by lutorm on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @09:58PM (#7708225)
Then it would not be free... but I wonder if shooting a linux-powered missile counts as "redistribution" under the GPL, so that you would then be forced to give the target a copy of your software?
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Re:US military UAVs migrate to Linux by qbrass on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:29PM (#7708470)
They'll send you another missile with the source code just as soon as they get your location.
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Re:US military UAVs migrate to Linux by rdmckenzie on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:22PM (#7708449)
I'm sure that adding a small disk with the source code to the warhead would be an acceptable and valued solution.
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Re:US military UAVs migrate to Linux by kijin on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @10:48PM (#7708364)
At the very least, I guess that would be a good reason to avoid implementing the missile control software as a kernel module.

Or maybe not, since the missile is clearly intended to be destroyed upon reaching the target.

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