Antiwar License

[John Cowan]

Sergey Goldgaber scripsit:

> Some licenses allow free use of the author's software by private
> individuals and non-profits, but require a fee to be paid by
> corporations.  Along similar lines, wouldn't it be possible to create a
> license prohibiting the use of one's software by the military, the
> Defense Department, and military contractors?

Sure it would, but it's not Open Source, which requires that a license
not discriminate against groups of people.  Some software has a license
provision preventing it from being used by the police of South Africa:
since the change of regime, that provision has been nothing but a
nuisance.

Open Source can't handle being hooked to political causes.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan at ccil.org
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that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful.
        --_The Hobbit_
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