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Re: Why is BISS-AWT in non-free ?



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On 11 Mar 1998, Ben Pfaff wrote:

>    What was the reason BISS-AWT is in non-free ? They have released the new  
>    version (no that's not the new AWT from Transvirtual but the old version  
>    written for BISS) for JDK 1.1.
> [...]
>    5.4 LICENSED SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT-TOLERANT AND IS NOT DESIGNED,
>    MANUFACTURED OR INTENDED FOR USE IN [...]
> [ ... ]
>    YOU MUST NOT USE, DISTRIBUTE OR OTHERWISE MAKE AVAILABLE
>    LICENSED SOFTWARE OR DERIVED BINARIES FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES.
> 
> This fails section #6 of 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.

Mmm, is this so different than "use at your own risk"?
Is that really part of the *license*. It seems it is a *disclaimer*
since it just says "you should not do it"...
It does not say "we forbid you to do it".

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