Re: AROS License DFSG ok?

[Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>]

Florian Weimer writes:

> * Michael Poole:
> 
> [something close to the anti-patent clause from the MPL]
> 
> > Some people believe that this kind of termination clause violates the
> > DFSG.
> 
> But this is not specific to the AROS License, it's inherited from the
> MPL (although I haven't compared the licenses word-for-word).

I did not compare it word-for-word either.  I have said before that I
think that termination clause (as opposed to the second one) is a
reasonable mechanism for dealing with software patents; I mentioned it
only to save the trouble of someone else pointing it out separately.

Michael Poole