On Oct 28, 5:49 pm, Brett Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Once wrote some controller software to quickly and smoothly point a > telescope very accurately at a point in the sky. After someone joked > about attaching a gun to the thing instead of a telescope I added a > license to it which prevented its use for military purposes. Yes it > can be done, and IMHO should. >
If we do so: 1) Hobo would no longer be considered "open source" 2) The license would no longer be identical to the Rails license, which confers several benefits 3) It bites the hand that feeds us in 2 ways: besides possibly alienating Barquin, Hobo's biggest sponsor, it was the Department of Defense (through DARPA) that built the internet in the first place. There are some good FAQ's floating around that explain why the GPL (which is far more militant than the Hobo license) does not limit use to non-commercial or non-military. Bryan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
