Which is fine. It's their code and they can license it however they want. They 
just can't call it Open Source.

> On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:24 AM, Brendan Hickey <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> While this may all seem hypothetical, a decade ago a developer bungled his 
> taxes and retaliated by banning the Belgian government from using of his code.
> 
> Brendan
> 
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 11:20 AM VanL <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:53 AM John Cowan <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:21 AM VanL <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> But think about OSD #5, which prohibits discrimination against people or 
> groups, or OSD #6, prohibiting discrimination against fields of endeavor. It 
> is true that the PNGL would not vary the permissions granted, but it would be 
> a clear statement of discrimination against those groups, including a 
> declaration that they will be treated differently in the acceptance of 
> contributions.
> 
> Lots of people are already treated differently, it just flies under the 
> radar.  There are individuals I won't accept patches from...
> 
> Yes, but putting it in the license makes it different in a way that I think 
> may be cognizable under the OSD. I am also uneasy about the forced speech 
> issue, although I can't ground that in the OSD as easily.
> 
> Thanks,
> Van
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