On Monday 24 February 2020 14:44, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > I reject the "Persona Non Grata" clause, and all other attempts at > so-called "ethical" open-source licensing, in the strongest possible > terms. To get entangled in this sort of thing would not merely > be against OSI's charter as expressed in the OSD, it would invite > second- and third-order effects that would be gravely harmful.
Not to mention it makes all software using this clause in a licence proprietary software. > With whatever moral authority I still have here, I say to all > advocates of soi-disant "ethical" licensing not just "No" but "To hell > with you *and* the horse you rode in on." I could not agree more with Eric's statement. I'll repeat here, what I already said in the original thread: This clause is Evil. Pure and simple. -- Johnny A. Solbu web site, https://www.solbu.net PGP key ID: 0x4F5AD64DFA687324
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