> > More generally, actions which would make free software not be > > treated as free software would seem to be acceptable actions to > > discriminate against.
On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 05:00:05PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > That sounds overbroad. If the license violate other provisions of the DFSG [besides the "discriminate fields of endeavor"] clause, the software wouldn't be free. And, of course, the GPL is my cannonical example of a free license which offers discrimination which we do not recognize as relevant discrimination against a "field of endeavor". [But all licenses include some such irrelevant discrimination -- only public domain doesn't make a distinction between the copyright holder and others.] Within that context, do you still think that this is overbroad? If so, can you provide any clear scenarios where this is too inclusive? Thanks, -- Raul