On 2003-11-17 18:46:53 +0000 Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I think this one's non-free too. It's certainly absurdly overbearing.
I agree. Over-generalisation. Given that there seemed other problems,
did any OSL-covered software get into main yet?
Reading past discussions, I see that Anthony DeRobertis waved his
hands at this clause but didn't spell out this problem. Branden noted
that he had not time then to list all his concerns over this licence.
Interestingly, Larry Rosen provides legal advice to OSI, who I think
he disagrees with by producing this licence with its "patent nuke
clause". ("The Open Source Initiative does not have a position on
whether ideas can be owned, whether patents are good or bad" according
to the OSI FAQ.)
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