[OT] What is Open Source?

[phil hunt]

On 27 Apr 2002 20:57:20 GMT, Jarno J Virtanen <jajvirta at cc.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>26 Apr 2002 16:21:57 -0700 Paul Rubin wrote:
>> So we'l have to start issuing PEP's with the disclaimer "I found this
>> PEP in my grandma's old trunk in the attic, dated April 1, 1920, so
>> it is out of copyright now."
>
>And if "they" start questioning how come your grandma cared about
>booleans in Python, you could refer to the time machine and come up with
>a reasonable story.  And if even 10% of the stuff they show on TV about
>court practice in United States is true, the jury would swallow the
>story whole.

Hah, just tell 'em you've been eating Twinkies, they'll let you off.

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<"><"><"> Philip Hunt <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> <"><"><">
"I would guess that he really believes whatever is politically 
advantageous for him to believe." 
                        -- Alison Brooks, referring to Michael
                              Portillo, on soc.history.what-if