Is this license open source?

[Mark Wells]

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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, David Starner wrote:

> I've been thinking about a license I've been tempted to use:
> 
> This program is under the GPL, v2. You may also use it under the XFree
> license as long as you aren't Theo de Raadt or Tom Christianson. *
> 
> I would guess that it's non-free, which leads me to the weird conclusion
> that adding further permissions to a free license can make it non-free.

The GPL is a free software license, so if you can use it under the GPL, it
*is* free.  Restricting who can use it under the XFree license doesn't
diminish any of the permissions granted under the GPL.

The interesting thing is that this license is *not* an open source
license.  (The OSD specifically prohibits discrimination against
individuals or groups.)  So the set of open-source licenses is not quite a
superset of the set of free software licenses.
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