Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-29 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Didier 'OdyX' Raboud schrieb: Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: Josselin Mouette schrieb: Definitely non-free, and the author’s clarification removes any doubt. Hmmm... Actually... As he didn't gave a definition of good or evil one could argue, that everything is good... for someone. We

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-28 Thread Joerg Jaspert
Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Then his software will simply be not packaged. -- bye, Joerg http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_win_an_argument

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-28 Thread Ben Finney
Thomas Koch tho...@koch.ro writes: Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. Thank you for pursuing this matter in good faith and trying to get a satisfactory resolution. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:56:44PM -0500, Joe Neal a écrit : http://wonko.com/post/jsmin-isnt-welcome-on-google-code Hi Joe, have you seen the comment of Joey Hess, that it ‘Looks like the jsmin.py in libv8 is now a reimplementation with a standard license.’ Have a nice week-end, --

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-26 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 26 mars 2010 à 18:43 +0100, Thomas Koch a écrit : Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Could you please give me a definitive Yes or No for

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-26 Thread Måns Rullgård
Josselin Mouette j...@debian.org writes: Le vendredi 26 mars 2010 à 18:43 +0100, Thomas Koch a écrit : Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Could you

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-26 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! Josselin Mouette schrieb: Yes, it's this topic again. I've just had a short mail exchange with crockford himself. His final answer: If you cannot tolerate the license, then do not use the software. Could you please give me a definitive Yes or No for the below license? [..] The

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-26 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: Josselin Mouette schrieb: Definitely non-free, and the author’s clarification removes any doubt. Hmmm... Actually... As he didn't gave a definition of good or evil one could argue, that everything is good... for someone. However, I would strongly advise to

Re: The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.

2010-03-26 Thread Joe Neal
The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil. Neither term has any objective meaning and there is no shortage of people with philosophy phds willing to state such as their expert opinion. Assuming good and evil are both subjective terms, the license merely states that The Software shall be