RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding

["Jason Coombs" <jasonc () science org>]

> "In the U.S., today, free speech is just a myth," de Raadt said.

This is an important issue because so many people get it completely wrong, de
Raadt included.

Free speech means the government cannot put you in jail for the things you say
or believe.

It does not mean the government is required to continue to pay you to do work
or fund your projects regardless of the things that you say or believe.

It does not mean the government cannot create hardship for you, or that it
must protect you from hardship imposed on you by others.

Further, the U.S. constitution does not apply to foreign nationals and it has
no direct impact on business dealings except indirectly as it relates to the
legislative process whereby State and Federal laws are enacted and enforced
that seek to regulate business dealings consistent with constitutional law.

We must bear in mind that free speech exists within a context of freedom; we
cannot impose behavioral restrictions or affirmative obligations on government
agencies or private parties that remove the freedom of those parties to
exercise sound subjective judgment. The day that we impose government controls
for allowable consequences against you for your choice to exercise your
freedom of speech is the day we kill freedom in our effort to protect speech.

Sincerely,

Jason Coombs
jasonc () science org

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http://news.com.com/2100-1016-997393.html

By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
April 17, 2003

The unused portion of a grant from the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency to fund development of the open-source operating
system OpenBSD has been pulled for unspecified reasons.

The project's leader, Theo de Raadt, said Thursday he was informed by
email that the remaining portion of the $2.3 million grant has been
pulled. An email from a professor who is managing the grant did not
provide a reason, but de Raadt said he believes the cancellation was
prompted by concerns about the money going to too many foreign
developers and antiwar statements that de Raadt made to reporters.

"They decided that they didn't want (our project) anymore," de Raadt
said Thursday, less than hour after he received notification. "This is
it. It's over."

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