Re: PROPOSED: the Dictator Test (was: Contractual requirements
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 18:40, Joe Moore wrote:
> > On 2004-06-30 23:05:08 +0100 Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> >> We should come up with a name for this test. Maybe the "Autocrat
> >> Test"
> >> or the "Dictator Test"? The copyright (or patent, or trademark)
> >> holder
> >> does not get to make up his or her own laws?
>
> The Ideocrat Test? Or perhaps Egocrat?
>
> Autocrat or dictator make it sound like there's a legitimate (i.e.
> government) third party imposing conditions on the software.
>
> Also, this could classify licensors who unilaterally change the meaning of
> words of phrasing in a normally-acceptable sofware license, such as
> "permission to modify and distribute" != permission to distribute
> modifications.
I think that would be a rather appropriate "failing of the Autocrat
license test" don't you :)
That's kind of like 'all extremists must be shot now'.
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