On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:03:44AM +0100, Sunnanvind Fenderson wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes: > > In my opinion, the DFSG should not be interpreted in a way that > > legitimizes any restrictions on use, and this is what the FSF's "freedom > > zero" and DFSG 6 is about. > > The FSF freedom zero, yes, but I don't see that in DFSG 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research. How do you propose to implement use restrictions without actually preventing people from using the program to some specific end? Interestingly, though, a *general* prohibition on usage is not specifically forbidden by the DFSG. > I see nothing in the DFSG which prevents the APSL and that's what's > prompted this thread (even though I messed up and started talking > about EULA-stuff, because I kinda suspect that's in the APSL somewhere > - it's very unclear). Sure there is. You can't use it in any given way which might preclude, or render unnecessary, your participation in the acceptance ceremony. Say, reading the source code instead of executing it. -- G. Branden Robinson | I must despise the world which does Debian GNU/Linux | not know that music is a higher branden@debian.org | revelation than all wisdom and http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | philosophy. -- Ludwig van Beethoven
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