Re: a Free Platform License?
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011, "Ben Finney" <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> I think your desired effects for the license are not compatible with
> software freedom, as discussed earlier.
I don't think this is a fair characterization. The effects
that I desire and the philosophy of free software are not
incompatible. I think Hugo framed it quite well:
| It's not new that copyleft licences create problems of compatibility.
| But to create a license with the purpose of being discriminatory is
| another matter (and I don't think the licence text you provided
manages
| to achieve that; it's just creating another incompatible licence with
| conditions hard to respect that could indeed make life hard for a lot
of
| people, including those you want to make life hard)
> I don't think this is the forum for hashing out a new license text. This
> is a forum for discussing the legal effects of *works* in Debian.
This is reasonable. It'd take quite a bit of time and energy
to forge a new license, and I realize everyone's volunteer time
is precious. This list just seemed to be the most appropriate
forum for discussing a free software license designed to remove
an asymmetric advantage that free software developers have with
regard to platform dependence. I'd like to thank everyone who
commented & shared their thoughts and concerns.
Kind Regards,
Clark
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