[License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Dual Licensing for Justice

[Eric S. Raymond]

Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>:
> I don't see the point of these contortions. Why not just write a license
> that says "everyone case use the software except Amazon." It suspect it
> would be an enforceable license. Why are you trying to fit it under the
> umbrella of "open source" too?

Because that way he couldn't use our prestige to advance his goals.
He couldn't use OSI to pretend to be pro-freedom while actually being
against freedom.

Reminder, everybody: defenting freedom includes defending the freedom
of people you don't like. Otherwise you create a precedent that will
reach to yourself.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>