Re: Boy Scout Open Source

["Kristian Erik Hermansen" <user=152@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:41 AM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I don't know if I speak for anyone else, but I despise the BSA. Their 
> views on homosexuality and religion seem too exclusive to me. The fact 
> they went to court to institutionalize discrimination makes them 
> unacceptable. 

Wait, the Business Software Alliance or the Boy Scouts Association?  I 
had no idea the boy scouts were anti-gay and actually fought for it in 
court.  It would be more impressive if the Business Software Alliance 
were anti-gay :-P  Anyway, this is all quite ridiculous.  Hasn't 
America grown up to realize that even if two people are gay together 
that it doesn't really affect you and that you should just learn to 
deal with it?  Some jerk stands up holding a bible and yelling being 
"gay" is a sin.  And the old testament also states that sacrificing 
virgins is acceptable.  If you don't want gays, you must slay virgins. 
 Ummmmm, yeah, this is not a well-formed argument and I will just stop 
now.  But seriously, I had no idea the boy scouts were anti-gay, and 
now that I know, I will never support them. 

> I have friends and family that are gay and it seems against the principles 
> of freedom and inclusiveness of the open source / free software movement 
> to support them unless they are equally open. 

One of my roommates is gay.  And I have many gay friends.  There 
should be freedom of choice to be gay.  There are many gay people in 
the FOSS and hacker communities.  In fact, anyone who has even sent or 
received an email can thank someone who is gay.  Eric Allman, the 
creator of sendmail, is openly gay.  So such organizations as the Boy 
Scouts should never send or receive email if they choose not to be 
affiliated :-)  Of course, our GPL licenses are not so restrictive to 
discriminate against even the Boy Scouts, and that is the whole 
point... 
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Kristian Erik Hermansen 
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CISSP, CEPT, CREA, CEH, Linux+, A+, QGCS, ACSA, this is getting ridiculous... 
http://kristian-hermansen.com

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