Antiwar License
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Mar 3 02:29:34 UTC 2003
Quoting Sergey Goldgaber (sgoldgaber at yahoo.com):
> 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?
If your question is whether it's possible to write an OSI-approved
licence of that sort (and thus to qualify covered software for the "OSI
Certified" certification mark), I would say it isn't, as that would
clearly violate OSD provision 5 (No Discrimination Against Persons or
Groups) and provision 6 (No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor).
If you're asking whether it's possible to write a licence that's not
OSD-compliant (i.e., _not_ open source), then I have no comment.
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