APL license - What about the enforced logos?

[Matthew Flaschen]

What you're really saying is that they're mandating a GUI, but a court
won't uphold it.  You may be right there, but then I think a court would
never uphold a violation of OSD #10.  Does that mean we should nullify
that point?

Matthew Flaschen

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Matthew Flaschen (matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu):
> 
>> First of all, OSI is approving licenses for software-oriented
>> commentators and software developers, so they should be making licenses
>> these people can understand.
> 
> I'm all in favour of human-comprehensible licensing and avoidance of
> ambiguity, too, but c'mon:  Saying "you've mandated a GUI" just because
> a licence speaks of a logo and disclaimer to include on the opening
> display is just daft.  It's just manifestly untrue, and all that's
> required to read such licences correctly is a bit of common sense about
> how the law gets actually applied by real judges in real courtrooms.
> 
> Which I therefore suggest.
> 


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