Re: Government License

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Is it maybe possible not to exclude people or organisations, but concrete
usage scenarios instead?
Like cyber crime and/or spying

Johannes

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2014-07-02 9:24 GMT+02:00 David Welton <[email protected]>:

> > Closest I've seen in the 'free' area is licensing that forbids military
> > uses.
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> Which is, once again, neither 'free software' nor open source because
> it goes against the definition.  You can't have it both ways: you
> can't exclude people from using it because they are military, gay,
> Illinois nazis, Alaskan women, Liechtensteiners or whatever else you
> happen to dislike.
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<div class=3D"">&gt; Closest I&#39;ve seen in the &#39;free&#39; area is li=
censing that forbids military<br>
&gt; uses.<br>
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</div>Which is, once again, neither &#39;free software&#39; nor open source=
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it goes against the definition. =C2=A0You can&#39;t have it both ways: you<=
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can&#39;t exclude people from using it because they are military, gay,<br>
Illinois nazis, Alaskan women, Liechtensteiners or whatever else you<br>
happen to dislike.<br>
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