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Re: DFSG-freeness of Apache Software Licenses




On Nov 13, 2003, at 23:17, Glenn Maynard wrote:

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:57:14PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
To clarify: GPL #4 in itself isn't a useage restriction because the
GPL doesn't concern itself with useage at all, only copying,
modifying, and distributing.

What I was attempting to verbalize (rather badly) is that software
licenses should never restrict useage.

The GPL says "if you violate this license, this license is revoked".
The proposed license says (roughly) "if you sue us, this license is
revoked".  How is one a use restriction and the other not?

"Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, ...." might have something to do with it.



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