On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:38:04AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> It should be clear by now that I would not object to more of these
> statements. Other people have the same right to do so as I have.
I believe that including the ethical license with FVWM is unethical.
Can I add a statement to the ethical license saying as much? Yes, this
would be paridoxical, and I think this illustrates the problem quite
well.
I am an FVWM user. I love FVWM, and I applaud the efforts of you and
all FVWM developers past and present for making the best window manager,
period. But this ethical license is not appropriate. Threatening that
use of FVWM by people whos ethics do not coincide with yours may "end
development completely" is petty and almost certainly untrue.
FVWM is free software. Free software is a brilliant example of what
people can accomplish through peaceful international cooperation. I
think your license will undermine the spirit of free software with
respect to FVWM. You state that the license is not binding, but the
license says that FVWM users are "expected to" abide by its
requirements. This does not sound conditional.
I seriously hope you reconsider. If the license remains, do not be
surprised if someone creates an "fvwm-unethical" fork that is identical
to the official version, less the ETHICAL_LICENSE. I hope that will not
be necessary.
- Ian.
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