[License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

[Jim Jagielski]

Which is fine. It's their code and they can license it however they want. They just can't call it Open Source.

> On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:24 AM, Brendan Hickey <brendan.m.hickey at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Brendan
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> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 11:20 AM VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com <mailto:van.lindberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:53 AM John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org <mailto:cowan at ccil.org>> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:21 AM VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com <mailto:van.lindberg at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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.
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> Lots of people are already treated differently, it just flies under the radar.  There are individuals I won't accept patches from...
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
> Van
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