At 11:15 PM 7/31/99 -0400, Mike Goldman wrote: >PM3: Polytechnique Montreal Modula-3
>The only open question, which I have been discussing on debian-legal, is >whether this package needs to go into non-free or whether it can go into >main. The relevant part of the license which causes some concern is: [chunk snipped] >Presently, I'm inclined to release into main, unless anyone strongly >objects. This has come up before. See http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-legal-9901/msg00002.html . In summary, there are copyrights buried in the code that are "all rights reserved", i.e. non-free to the max. >Though, on the latter point, would a license be non-free if it >discriminated against, say, use in criminal activity, such as theft or >murder? And if one can prohibit use for theft and murder, why not >taxation or warfare? Just a thought.... :) Yes, it would be non-free. Theft is a field of endevor. Note that Berkeley has a program (or so I've heard) that still prohibits South African police from using it, because of their past history, and nobody has changed the license. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alternately [EMAIL PROTECTED]) "I would weep, but my tears have been stolen; I would shout, but my voice has been taken. Thus, I write." - Tragic Poet
