I'm sorry, but I feel slightly mis-quoted here, where Chuck Swiger wrote: > In contrast to the type of usage restriction that Chris was > proposing, the GPL makes no attempt to prevent a user of Emacs from > using that editor to produce proprietary software, and I think that > is as it should be, at least in general.
I believe I did not propose a usage restriction, except as clarifying what another person (Arnoud Engelfriet) wrote. I don't believe usage restrictions except for those inherent in copyright law, are compatible with the OSD (at least not compatible with the spirit of the OSD). On the other hand, I did mention a license concept based upon the restriction of creating derived works. I hope that such a license could be OSD compatible, because it does not descriminate on "use" (at least as programmers think of use, that is running the program), but it does prevent certain forms of derived works--in the case I mentioned, trying to prohibit the creation of secret non-open-source derivatives. Perhaps a clause of the OSD should read that "the license should not discriminate against (or prohibit) any form of usage which is not already proscribed by copyright law". That would be a very strong bound on what open source licenses can regulate. Hope this helps, -Chris ***************************************************************************** Chris Clark Internet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site : http://world.std.com/~compres 19 Bronte Way #33M voice : (508) 435-5016 Marlboro, MA 01752 USA fax : (508) 251-2347 (24 hours) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
