Hi! Someone raised an idea on IRC that I might see as valid:
Isn't Section 10 of the OSL ("Mutual Termination for Patent Action") a
violation of Section 5 of the DFSG ("No Discrimination Against Persons
or Groups")? It clearly discriminates persons filing a law suite
against a OSL licensed software. I would even see it as valid that it
violates Section 9 of the DFSG ("License Must Not Contaminate Other
Software").
So, are these issues, or is this something we simply like to ignore in
the fight against software patents? I really hope that we don't try to
bring in different levels of "discrimination" (good and bad ones)
because noone will ever be able to draw a sharp line once it is there
(who judges what is a good and what is a bad discrimination?).
Thanks for your answers, prefered per Cc, too -- because I'm not
subscribed to debian-legal and would just scan the archives every now
and then.
So long,
Alfie
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