Brian Behlendorf wrote: > On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Joey Hess wrote: > > 1.Any action which is illegal under international or local law is forbidden > > by > > this licence. Any such action is the sole responsibility of the person > > committing the action. > > > > This provision of the licence blatently violates section 6 of > > the DFSG which states: > > > > 6.No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor > > The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program > > in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the > > program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic > > research. > > I don't follow; maybe I'm just being dense, but section 1 seems like a > no-op to me, a cover-your-ass by the attorney who wrote it to cover
I rather agree. It does seem that if you break the law using the software, you've set your self up for a legal double whammy -- a criminal trial and a license violation suit. -- see shy jo