Salon.com: DARPA Cancels Open-Source Software Project After Anti-War Comments
Apr 19, 2003, 07 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (2310 reads)
(Other stories by Matthew Fordhal)
[ Thanks to Johan Dhondt for this link. ]
"The U.S. military's research agency cut off grant money for helping to develop a secure, free operating system after a top programmer made anti-war statements to a major newspaper.
"The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency halted the contract less than two weeks after The Globe and Mail of Toronto published a story in which programmer Theo de Raadt was quoted as saying he was 'uncomfortable' about the funding source.
"'I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise missile doesn't get built,' de Raadt told the newspaper.
"Within a few days, de Raadt said he received an e-mail from Jonathan Smith, a computer science professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the grant's lead researcher, expressing discomfort over the statements..."
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http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2003/...rpa/index.html




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