Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
Le vendredi 26 mars 2010 à 18:43 +0100, Thomas Koch a écrit : Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Could you please give me a definitive Yes or No for the below license? The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. Definitely non-free, and the author’s clarification removes any doubt. Cheers, -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' “If you behave this way because you are blackmailed by someone, `-[…] I will see what I can do for you.” -- Jörg Schilling signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
Josselin Mouette j...@debian.org writes: Le vendredi 26 mars 2010 à 18:43 +0100, Thomas Koch a écrit : Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Could you please give me a definitive Yes or No for the below license? The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. Definitely non-free, and the author's clarification removes any doubt. It is certainly a bizarre licence, and it is clearly best to regard it as non-free. However, I suspect he'd have a very hard time enforcing it in court. IANAL -- Måns Rullgård m...@mansr.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/yw1xiq8isx7h@unicorn.mansr.com
Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
Hi! Josselin Mouette schrieb: Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Could you please give me a definitive Yes or No for the below license? [..] The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. Definitely non-free, and the author’s clarification removes any doubt. Hmmm... Actually... As he didn't gave a definition of good or evil one could argue, that everything is good... for someone. However, I would strongly advise to not package that thing for Debian main; it smells like problems. Best regards, Alexander, not having his ftp-team hat on signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: Josselin Mouette schrieb: Definitely non-free, and the author’s clarification removes any doubt. Hmmm... Actually... As he didn't gave a definition of good or evil one could argue, that everything is good... for someone. However, I would strongly advise to not package that thing for Debian main; it smells like problems. We must not discriminate against fields of endeavor (so people wanting to do evil must be able to), but this license doesn't seem to restrict redistribution, thus making this Good but no Evil software suited for non- free, no ? Or did I misread your message ? OdyX -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hoj69b$vn...@dough.gmane.org
Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. Neither term has any objective meaning and there is no shortage of people with philosophy phds willing to state such as their expert opinion. Assuming good and evil are both subjective terms, the license merely states that The Software shall be used for some task to be assigned a moral value by a third party at a later point in time. If the author wishes to toss around terms like good and evil and claim the existence of any higher morality he should establish the grounding for such in the text of the license. It's meaningless claptrap. Ignore it. Sorry, I'm not a DD and know I have no say here. I just couldn't pass this up. JN -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003262326.08579.vlvtel...@speakeasy.net
