<div dir="ltr">If I'm following this correctly, I think the proposal is to have an OSD compliant license that has attached to it some sort of credo and wall of shame. The credo defines the category of undesirables and the wall of shame preserves the record of those names upon distribution.<div><br></div><div><div>Although clearly not the OP intent, this is a way to weaponize any OSD-complaint license. If I have a message that I want everyone who uses my code to see, I could add it to the license as a preamble. The message could be anything -- good or bad. Seems that as long as it is a non-binding part of the license and not actually a license term, I can promote or denounce anyone or anything. Whereas not the intent of the license to serve as a vehicle for a credo, shitlist, or injunction, I guess is could be. </div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Vote for Pedro. Open your source, Left handed people are sinister. You aim like a stormtrooper. Licensed under the terms of the...</font></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px;font-family:"Verizon NHG DS",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1em;text-align:left;line-height:100%;color:black"><span style="font-weight:bold">Gil Yehuda</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 2:33 PM Jim Jagielski <<a href="mailto:jim@jimjag.com">jim@jimjag.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Which is fine. It's their code and they can license it however they want. They just can't call it Open Source.<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:24 AM, Brendan Hickey <<a href="mailto:brendan.m.hickey@gmail.com" target="_blank">brendan.m.hickey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto">While this may all seem hypothetical, a decade ago a developer bungled his taxes and retaliated by banning the Belgian government from using of his code.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brendan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 11:20 AM VanL <<a href="mailto:van.lindberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">van.lindberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:53 AM John Cowan <<a href="mailto:cowan@ccil.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">cowan@ccil.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:21 AM VanL <<a href="mailto:van.lindberg@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">van.lindberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>But think about OSD #5, which prohibits discrimination against people or groups, or OSD #6, prohibiting discrimination against fields of endeavor. It is true that the PNGL would not vary the permissions granted, but it would be a clear statement of discrimination against those groups, including a declaration that they will be treated differently in the acceptance of contributions.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Lots of people are already treated differently, it just flies under the radar. There are individuals I won't accept patches from...</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, but putting it in the license makes it different in a way that I think may be cognizable under the OSD. I am also uneasy about the forced speech issue, although I can't ground that in the OSD as easily.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Thanks,<br>Van<br></div></div>
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