Quoting Chris F Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 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.
A possibly silly question of my own: If a particular form of usage is already proscribed by copyright law, then wouldn't it be pretty much pointless for a licence to "discriminate against or prohibit" it? If so, then the clause "the license should not discriminate against (or prohibit) any form of usage" would seem functionally equivalent -- and shorter. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread. Hi!p I'm a .signature spread virus! Copy into your ~/.signature to help me Hilp I'm .sign turepread virus! into your ~/.signature! help me! Copy Help I'm traped in your ~/signature help me! -- Joe Slater -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
