APSL 1.2

David Johnson david at usermode.org
Wed Apr 4 20:39:00 UTC 2001


On Thursday April 05 2001 04:02 am, Russell Nelson wrote:

>  > Is there a pressing need or interest for private use to be disclosed?
>
> Apple wants it in there, and there's nothing in the Open Source
> Definition that allows us to require them to remove it.

<cynicism>
Apple sues Mom-and-Pop Shop for fixing bug in Mac OS X
</cynicism>

<seriously>
"No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor". The license could possibly be 
construed as discriminating against fields of endeavor. The APSL places 
restrictions upon commercial usage that it does not place upon personal 
usage. The word "commercial" is specifically used as a criteria in 
determining which restrictions and conditions apply. IANAL.
</seriously>

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