APSL 1.2

[phil hunt]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, David Johnson wrote:
> On Thursday April 05 2001 04:02 am, Russell Nelson wrote:
> 
> >  > Is there a pressing need or interest for private use to be disclosed?
> >
> > Apple wants it in there, and there's nothing in the Open Source
> > Definition that allows us to require them to remove it.
> 
> "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor". The license could possibly be 
> construed as discriminating against fields of endeavor. The APSL places 
> restrictions upon commercial usage that it does not place upon personal 
> usage. The word "commercial" is specifically used as a criteria in 
> determining which restrictions and conditions apply. IANAL.

Two question that spring to mind:

If someone is using internally a modification of APSL software, why 
would they want to not disclose it?

If someone is using internally a modification of APSL software, why 
would Apple mind them not disclosing it?

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