Re: Nazi kernels

In a message dated 11/10/01 11:05:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[e-mail] writes:

> [e-mail] wrote:
>  
>   > Hi!
>   >
>   > Thank You guys for Your work. I'm say goodbye to linux community,
>   > because nazi kernel's don't allow me to load modules needed for my
>   > graphic card. What will be next, maybe you disable to run non GPL
>   > executables under linux ?
>  
>  
>  I'd suggest that you get a clue about what you're talking about before 
>  spouting off nonsense. The license code in the kernel doesn't prohibit 
>  anything, it simply provides a means of determining if the kernel is 
>  running closed code and thus out of the scope of the kernel maintainers.
>  
>  Frankly, any comparison of SOFTWARE to the horrific evil of the Nazi 
>  party is an abomination. For that alone, you really don't earn the price 
>  of admission to anything involving a brain. I can't begin to fathom the 
>  thought processes of an individual who would belittle the suffering, 
>  pain, and sacrifices of those who experience that time period with such 
>  a comparison.
>  
>  I'm sure you're proud.

The idiom is not new.  I remember that Modula II was called a Nazi
language in the early 80s.  I preferred to call it a Bondage & Discipline
language myself.

Joachim Martillo