IMHO - continuing to live dedicated to a righteous cause and persistently pursuing it no matter what the obstacles are, tirelessly without a vested interested counts as giving one's life and blood.
it doesnt - perhaps you are too young to have gone through periods in our nation's history where people *really* shed *real* blood, were tortured, starved and killed for freedom. If you had, you wouldnt spout tripe like this.
'Tis true that i am ``too young to have gone through periods in our nation's history where people *really* shed *real* blood, were tortured, starved and killed for freedom".
But perhaps you have forgotten that some people actually bother to read History books and get angry to see mankind repeating its mistakes and misdeeds time after time. Tyranny is tyranny let it be the KGB putting restrictions on who could use the photocopier and for what or governments supporting DRM to suppress what information can be shared and what can't.
If we simply choose to ignore what's happening in world like DRM, Software Patents, and Trusted(sic) Computing then things will just get worse. If we don't care and don't bother to do a thing about it - its a carte blanch invitation for corporates and governments to go ahead and do what they want regardless of its merit.
K.G, i'm not belittling the sacrifices of our nations freedom fighters. i'm just saying its wrong for us to ignore those who are fighting for freedom and liberty in software and if we have an oppertunity to say something about it - we should.
Regards,
- vihan