full-disclosure - RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

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From: purdy at tecman.com (Curt Purdy)
Subject: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

It is well known that the Defense Department opposed this war until
over-ruled by the administration for one simple reason: This war has nothing
to do with American defense.

Curt

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
[mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com]On Behalf Of Shawn
McMahon
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 8:18 AM
To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 03:55:26PM -0500, Curt Purdy said:
> them or not.  DARPA is a government agency and has no right to any
political
> view.  By definition an agency is created to fullfill its charter, in
> DARPA's case to promote advanced research in the US government's best
> interests, which a secure network OS clearly is.  The charter mentions
> nothing about Democratic, Replubican, Anarchist, war, or peace political
> views.

DARPA's charter is to promote advanced research in the US government's
best DEFENSE interests.  It is not unreasonable of them to conclude that
giving money to someone who is opposed to the Defense Department's
current number one project may not be in the best interest of our
defense.  Don't forget what the "D" stands for in DARPA.  Promoting the
development of secure OSes and tools does not imply that one must fund
one specific OS or project.

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