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Re: Web application licenses



Glenn Maynard wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 12:08:56PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> 
>>As is often mentioned, if you take DFSG6 that far, you could use it to
>>argue that the GPL discriminates against the field of offering
>>proprietary modified versions of the software.  I don't think DFSG6 can
>>sanely be taken that far, and I think it can only really be applied to
>>"non-commercial use", "not for use in weapons research or development",
>>and similar clauses.
> 
> On reflection, I don't think that's really an argument that we shouldn't
> interpret DFSG#6 that way; only that, upon doing so, we should apply it
> with the same judgement required for the rest of the DFSG.
[...]
> Some people do argue that we, as a project, either can't or shouldn't
> need to employ such judgement, and that the DFSG should be adjusted
> to eliminate it; as I've said, I disagree.

Definitely; the DFSG should always be interpreted by good judgement, and
not mechanically as a set of rules.

- Josh Triplett

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