I have checked in a new license file with ethical license terms to
the development branch. See below for the contents of this file.
Furthermore, I added this statement to the beginning of the
COPYING file:
Before using this software, every user is required to read the
fair use statement in the file ETHICAL_LICENSE that comes with the
fvwm distribution.
Please tell me your comments, enhancements, critique, etc. Also,
I ask everyone who ever made any change to the CVS repository or
submitted a patch to support this license and have his or her name
added to the list of subscribers.
------------------------ ETHICAL_LICENSE -------------------------
Legally, fvwm is distributed under the terms of the GNU General
Public License. However, the events following the 9th of
September, 2001 and the multinational war against Iraq that began
in March 2003, made me reconsider the wisdom of choosing this
license. I can not ignore the fact that my work has a part in
killing people, no matter how small it may be. After discussing
this with many people, I decided to add the following "ethical"
license.
No user of fvwm is forced to agree to the licensing terms. But
please keep in mind that fvwm is developed by volunteers in their
free time. Blatant violation of this license by many people will
not only demotivate me and other volunteers, reducing the quality
of fvwm, but may also end development completely.
Thank you for your attention
Dominik Vogt
(fvwm developer)
Ethical Use of the Fvwm Window Manager
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1. You, as a user of fvwm, are expected to make a donation to a
non-government organization that must fulfil one of the following
conditions:
* It fights against all forms of war, regardless of the nations
involved.
* It engages for human rights world-wide, including the country
you live in.
The donation can be monetary, human labour, donation in kind or
any other form that helps. Any amount is accepted as long int
lives up to the spirit of this license. I suggest a donation to
Amnesty International, but you are free to choose a different
organization.
2. You are expected to not use fvwm during work related to
* research of weapon technology,
* manufacturing of weapons,
* supporting, planning, preparing or executing wars and other
military actions.
3. If you feel you can not comply to the terms above, you are
kindly asked to choose a different one of the many available
window managers.
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Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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