"Clay Claiborne, founder and president of Linux Users Los Angeles (LULA), says he has resigned his position because of his opposition to the war in Iraq and the U.S. Armed Forces' use of Linux." Quotes from the article in NewsForge:

- I saw in Linux and its "free as in 'beer', and free as in 'speech' 
philosophy" a tool with vast potential for the liberation of humanity.



- I once had high hopes for Linux. I felt sure it could make a real 
contribution to the success of humanity, now more and more I have my 
doubts. I have a real and growing fear that if the Mr. Smith's of 
Linux have their way, in the future they will look back and say: "Wasn't 
it nice that so many smart people worked to hard for free to forge their 
own chains." 



- I feel that Lula no longer reflects the vision I have had for it and 
has in fact belittled itself as an organization for change and progress. 
I cannot attend Tuesday night's meeting, in fact I would be ashamed to 
in view of what our country is doing in Iraq ... 

I had previously posted about the pentagon's use of Linux clusters, but didn't know about this project. I suspect there's more at work here, and certainly don't share in Mr. Claiborne's pessimism. But I'm glad he's voicing his opinions. And it is another indication of just how politicized Linux is becoming.