Perhaps we should have OSD #5.1
All licenses must be politically correct. They must contain
nothing that might offend or incense anyone.
We would have to exempt all currently accepted licenses
since an inheritive clause (or prohibition or lack of one)
might incense people or keep them from using the software
shiped with the license.
Or we could just rely on the fact that most the people on
this list would go ballistic should a clause like the one
proposed ever find its way into a license and delay
approval of it into the 23rd century.
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Okay, I guess I see that.
I didn't see it as entirely a case of moral positioning.
In the example that I created, if I were a member of
<ethnic group>, I would feel like I were not as welcome
to use the software as others are. Moreover, depending
on what exactly was said, I might also find it repulsive
to propagate the message by redistributing the program,
whether I am a member of <ethnic group> or not.
Thus it seemed to me that, when a licensor tries to
discourage a person or group from using the software, it
shouldn't matter whether they are trying to accomplish that
through legal force or through insults and intimidation.
However, I realize that argument must seem a little fuzzy,
and perhaps a little too idealistic as well, for all of you
lawyers :-).
Thanks,
Bruce
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From: "Rick Moen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm pretty sure the OSD is concerned solely with licences'
> actual effect, not their attitude problems.
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From: "Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I will stop lurking for just a split second to say that I
> agree that the OSD is not a moral code.
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