On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 02:24:41AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > > On May 21, 2004, at 18:36, Lewis Jardine wrote: > > >8 bears a lot of resemblance to "don't break the law" clauses > > IMO, "Mexicans can't distribute this software" isn't free, even if its > part of the GPL. Let's not get carried away. The potential restriction in the GNU GPL clause 8 is geographic in nature, not a withholding of the license terms from people based on their *inherent* characteristics. Yes, if applied by the copyright holder, it would fail the DFSG either way, but I find it a little distasteful to imply that the GNU GPL was intended to promote nationalist prejudice. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | "Bother," said Pooh, as he was branden@debian.org | assimilated by the Borg. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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