OSD#5 needs a patch?

Rick Moen rick at linuxmafia.com
Tue Oct 7 05:21:30 UTC 2003


Quoting Bruce Dodson (bruce_dodson at hotmail.com):

> OSD#5 The license must not discriminate against any person
> or group of persons.
> 
> Does that need to be expanded to state explicitly that this
> does not just apply to the license terms?  i.e. Should it
> say in addition that the license text itself must not
> contain any discriminatory or derogatory statements against
> any person or group?

I'm pretty sure the OSD is concerned solely with licences' actual
effect, not their attitude problems.  

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