Re: Government License

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On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:24 AM, David Welton <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Closest I've seen in the 'free' area is licensing that forbids military
> > uses.
>
> 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.


At risk of sounding flippant; the original poster didn't indicate he wanted
a license that would be compatible with the definitions of free software or
open source :)

Hen

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 12:24 AM, David Welton <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]=
</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"">&gt; Closest I&#39;ve seen i=
n the &#39;free&#39; area is licensing that forbids military<br>
&gt; uses.<br>
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</div>Which is, once again, neither &#39;free software&#39; nor open source=
 because<br>
it goes against the definition. =C2=A0You can&#39;t have it both ways: you<=
br>
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.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>At risk of sounding flip=
pant; the original poster didn&#39;t indicate he wanted a license that woul=
d be compatible with the definitions of free software or open source :)<br>
<br></div><div>Hen<br></div></div></div></div>

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