Antiwar License

[Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.]

You might be able to consider a dual licensing approach in which your second
license would cover government uses, including military uses. Instead of
discriminating against government use, generally, your second license would
set out your conditions for the license which could include an exclusion of
use of software for devices that [ ?]. Although this second license will not
be compatible with the GNU GPL, it certainly might be open source software,
depending on the terms you establish.

Rod

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sergey Goldgaber" <sgoldgaber at yahoo.com>
To: <license-discuss at opensource.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: Antiwar License


: A recent Slashdot article, "U.S. Army's Future Combat System Will Run
: Linux",
: http://slashdot.org/articles/03/03/02/0216215.shtml?tid=103&tid=163
: has made me wonder if there could be some way to prevent the military
: from using software that you release as open source.
:
: 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?
:
: In addition to helping make sure that the work you do does not
: contribute to murder (in some direct or even indirect fashion), an
: Antiwar License would be a powerful political statement that I believe
: could catch on rather quickly in the current atmosphere of protest.
:
: However, INAL, and was wondering if any of the more experienced people
: on this list think this is a feasable idea, or perhaps could even
: suggest some possible wordings that such a license could use.
:
:
:   --Sergey
:
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