On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Bernhard R. Link <[email protected]> wrote: > * Eric Smith <[email protected]> [120915 20:38]: >> I quoted from the Sun license on Java3D: >> >* You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or >> >* intended for use in the design, construction, operation or >> >* maintenance of any nuclear facility. >> Steve Langasek wrote: >> >This is a standard "No warranty" clause wrt nuclear facilities in >> >the US. It is not a restriction placed on the use of the software >> >in nuclear facilities by the copyright holder, it is a CYA >> >statement that the software has not been approved *by the >> >government regulatory agencies* for use in nuclear facilities in >> >the US. Warranty disclaimers are fine under the DFSG. >> >> While that may[*] have been the intent, it specifically states that >> the software is "not [...] licensed". It is explicitly stating that >> Sun was not granting the BSD license, or any other license, to those >> in that field of endeavor. Since the license is the only thing that >> grants permission to make copies of the software, those in that >> field of endeavor are not permitted to make copies. > > If they are explicitly stating they were not granting a license, why > did they grant a license just in the lines before that? There is no > restriction in the whole license text w.r.t. this field of endeavor. > Only a statement that one should know that the software "is not > designed, licensed or intended" for use there.
And right there is where we stop. The software is not licensed for use in a nuclear facility. You have no grant of license in that context and may not use the software in that context. Any use of the software in a nuclear facility is forbidden as you are not licensed to use it there. This is discrimination against a field of endeavor (work in a nuclear facility) and is not DFSG Free. As for copyrights being granted by licenses, that's the very foundation of the GPL. General Public License. It is a grant of copyright as long as you adhere to the license terms. -- Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caoevnyuc0r1soestzxpj5ywya+eh0iqyj5pudcdq6ot0v9s...@mail.gmail.com
