Hi, This may be a silly question as I'm probably overlooking something, but as far as I can tell the Open Source Definition does not forbid any general restrictions on "usage" of software. The closest thing is "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor", but that only forbids exclusion of _some types_ of usage, not exclusions on usage by everyone.
Would something like "You may only use this editor if you release all works you create with it as open source software" fail under OSD #6, and if not, why would it fail the OSD? The FSF says quite clearly that you should have "The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0)". Is this the same as OSD #6 or do they indeed require something broader here? Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
