[Asterisk-Users] Re: Advice on OS Choice

[John Millican]

Yes I am lazily top posting.  This thread is getting ridiculous (don't waste
your time flaming).  Freedom is being able to choose if I want to use GPL or
BSD or my own "stupid" license agreement.  To give my work away for no cost
or to charge exobanant prices for it.  We are not all ever going to agree
one is better than the other, there will always be some disagreement.   That
is the beauty of freedom, we can disagree.  If I like one better than the
other I will use it and you are free to think that I am stupid and use the
other.  That is freedom!  I don't have to agree with you, you don't have to
agree with me and we can both say so without fear of governmental reprisal.
Now lets get back to talking about the wonderful software that this list is
about, Please.  I read this to learn about Asterisk, not GPL or BSD.
Thank you for your time,
John Millican



-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Andrew
Kohlsmith
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 4:57 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Advice on OS Choice


On Friday 15 October 2004 16:22, Michael Giagnocavo wrote:
> >problem lies in the policy for upgrading or installing software on
> >life-critical machines not being followed.

> I agree with that. But, what's going to be held up in court? As a lawyer
> for a medical equipment corp, which route are you going to take to be
safe?

As a medical equipment corp system designer (I do this for a living,
although
not for medical) I'd make damn sure the software couldn't be updated without
the correct access codes being in place, including hardware interlocks with
physical keys.  It's not hard to make firmware loaders require this kind of
stuff.

> Imagine a toaster that ships with a booklet that shows the schematics and
> shows people how to "rebuild" the toaster. Then some person (either a
> 9-yr-old or an experienced electrician) uses the instructions, and fries
> themselves. Or the next person who uses the toaster starts a fire. When it
> gets to court, you can bet that the lawyers are going to try to blame the
> company for "making it easier to modify the toaster". Even though it's
> utterly silly, that's how the US legal system works. No one is responsible
> for their own mistakes.

This used to be the way it was.  The Amiga computers all came with full
schematics.  Radios and televisions had easily obtainable service manuals.
Radio Shack actually had a decent parts inventory.  Hell IIRC certain
versions of DOS (CP/M?) had full source listings!

*sigh* good old days...

-A.
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