Hi Dominik On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 11:55:07PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > Using my code will be allowed under the terms of the GNU Public > License for: > > - private use everywhere, > - use by non-government organisations that have humanitarian > goals or fight against all forms of war, > - use by anybody in the countries that do not dispatch military > forces against Iraq. > > Using fvwm is explicitly forbidden in any country that does send > military forces against Iraq: > > - in their public administration and government > - in educational institutions and research istitutes > - in companies.
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Normally I am only reading fvwm-workers, but this time I guess I have
to pipe up.
Dominik, in my opinion you need to find the balance between fighting
your frustration about the war and frustrating other people by
forbidding them to use fvwm2.
All you $DEVELOPERS of fvwm2 did a really great job, providing a
wonderful, stable, customizable window manager and supporting us 08/15
users with helpful words. I don't think I only speak for myself when I
say that you lightened up my life with fvwm2.
Now there's the other side of the medal: fvwm2 is free and so publicly
available. There's a license of whatever sort which restricts the use of
this particular piece of software or parts of it. Therefore, it's likely
that some not-so-nice-fellows use it as well. That is what you want to
avoid by changing the license.
Dominik, think twice!
- do you really beleive that a guy who is able to kill humans reads
your license and thinks: "oh, it's illegal, so I will not use it"?
- on the other hand, all that are affected by your license which do
not hurt others, they might read the license and feel illegal. Maybe
they really uninstall fvwm2 and stop using it. Dan would be one of
them, I suppose.
In my opinion, it is much better to let those who like your code enjoy
it, regardless of who it is, than penalize some groups of which 90% are
unguilty, and 100% of the remaining 10% don't care about what you're
writing.
Please, rethink it.
André
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Behind every great man, there is a woman -- urging him on.
-- Harry Mudd, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
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