Re: Third party code license issue

[Tanguy Ortolo <tanguy+debian@ortolo.eu>]

Paul Elliott, 2012-03-04 09:37+0100:
> But because of nihilism of our times, the courts are unlikely to interpret 
> "Good and Evil". The clause should be taken as an exhortation rather than a 
> legal requirement. In our times, those who favor Good over Evil should be 
> encouraged rather than discouraged. They should be given every benefit of 
> doubt.

Since that clause uses the verb “shall”, it is intended as an
obligation. If it is too vague, or too whatever to be usable in a court,
then it is just a very bad one. If the goal was to encourage people to
do Good, or to send a postcard to the author, or to sacrifice a goose,
then their would be no problem writing something like:
    The Software should be used for Good, not for Evil.
    You are encouraged to send a postcard to the Author.
    The Author would be pleased if you sacrificed a goose.

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