On Sat, 2006-07-08 at 19:02 +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote: > In gimp list, I mentioned that I don't want my software to be > used in Windows. That would encourage people to install Linux. > My plan was to use GPL + Windows exclusion. I was very clearly > informed that it would not work. > > Then why similar works for Linuxsampler? > > BTW, I'm still puzzled on what kind of license I should use.
I don't wish for people to use my software in Windows either, but I persnally don't think that is an acceptable license restriction (and definitely would make your program neither Free Software or Open Source). The point of Free/Open Source software is the user's right to use the program as they wish, and (unfortunately?) that includes running it on whatever OS they please. In practise, unless your software is inherently portable to Windows (eg Java etc) unless you actually do a port normal users aren't going to end up using it anyway. A copyright license doesn't really apply to this sort of situation anyway, you'd have to create a heavy-handed MS-style evil EULA that tells people what they are allowed to do with software. Noble intentions, but isn't that the kind of thing we're trying to /prevent/? -DR-
