Re: Zope license
Anthony Fok writes:
> Does "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor" means that a license
> cannot restrict someone from using the program in immoral...
Whose "immoral"? I do not consider pornography immoral, and I consider
nuclear power a positive good. Others feel the opposite about one or both.
> ...illegal...
Such as exporting cryptography, for example? Violating software patents?
What country's laws are you going to enforce?
> ...criminal...
Let the police and the courts do their job. You aren't going to prevent
any crimes with a license clause.
> For example, I definitely would not want anyone using Free Software/Open
> Source Software to make nuclear or biochemical weapons, to kill people,
> to commit fraud, etc.
And you are going to stop governments, terrorists, and swindlers with a few
words in a copyright file. Right.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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