Re: Re: OT: SETI

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

I wonder if the SETI search could divert CPU usage into helping the
military
find Osama Bin Laden??? ;o)

Calm down everyone! Both are causes are worthwhile (well one definitely
is)

Regards

Simon


----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Lowe <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 18 January 2003 21:28
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: OT: SETI


> >If you actually read the IP staatement in its entirety, there
really is
> >nothing to worry about. (unless of course you are a barrack room
lawyer)
>
> Read it again, this time minus the rose tint. Publication of
information,
no
> matter how useful it would be to the ongoing research of other
groups
> seeking a cure worldwide, will simply not happen if this threatens
the
> ability of Oxford and UD to get some nice juicy patents.
>
> >I really don't think that the lack of an opensource client implies
that
> >an organisation is sinister per-se
>
> No one is saying, or implying, that UD are "sinister". What
they are is a
> purely commercial entity, who will act to protect the interest of
it's
> shareholders first, with the public interest second. If you are happy
with
> that, fine, use the software, but don't start throwing around cheap
digs
> like "if anyone cares".
>
> I care, but I think that cancer research is better served by
organisations
> who publish openly in the spirit of scientific progress, not those
who
seek
> to tie everyone else's research up in patents and licences.
>
> >The fact that CPU cycles were diverted at a particularly sensitive
time
if
> you
> >look at things from a common sense perspective should really not
be an
> issue.
>
> Personally, I find deceiving people who thought they were finding a
cure
for
> cancer into carrying out free research for the military morally
repugnant,
> and not in the least "common sense".
>
> However, this is OT for UKHA, so this is my final comment on the
subject.
>
> Ian.
>
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