On May 25, 2004, at 01:28, Branden Robinson wrote:
IMO, "Mexicans can't distribute this software" isn't free, even if its part of the GPL.Let's not get carried away.
Well, looks like you've failed your humor check today...Let's just say I meant Mexicans as in "people residing in Mexico" as opposed to "people who's fore-fathers and -mothers moved to Mexico in pre-history"
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.
Never said it was, and, AFAIK, the FSF has never invoked that clause.