Nick, You are right. We don't allow governments to subvert our software, commercial competitors, or people to install spyware and redistributed that way.
Saying free and open-source software isn't "Free" and "Open Source" is giving in to a combination of semantics and snobbery of licensing. It isn't as though any organization owns the definition of "Free" and "Open Source" and has the authority to pin it down to their specific hoops we must jump through, nor should anyone assume we have. The source is totally free, and that isn't "Free" but free, _except_ I don't allow for other commercial services to rip it off and use it for their personal gain since I am giving it away to the public, and you can't install tracking/spyware/malware in it and then redistribute it. Those are pretty much the only restrictions. Perhaps GPL fanatics think I owe it to spyware manufacturers, or I need to give away my intellectual property to every 3rd-rate commercial anonymity service? The bottom line is, everyone benefits by these restrictions, except for malware manufacturers and commercial anonymity services. > I'm no lawyer, but the term in the license above seems like a clear > violation of the Debian Free Software Guidelines to me. I think your software is a pretty clear violation of the TESLA license because you specifically allow spyware and malware to be inserted into your software due to your licensing terms, but then again, you didn't release yours under TESLA, and nor am I required to conform to DFSG. Because I've seen the light of an ethical software license agreement, I no longer give much credence to "Open-Source" definition or "Free" according to hoyle or DFSG. But it definitely is a balance that must be struck. Tor probably has a good license, even if it isn't 3 clause BSD, because it is straight up difficult to use for the average user. But Torpark is too easy for conforming to those definitions, because with convenience it makes to a little too easy for malware and snoopers to reach users because users no longer have to have a techinical understanding or perform due dilligence on their software, so we have to provide some protection for them. The TESLA license is just that. To be quite clear, I am enamoured by the HESSLA. http://www.hacktivismo.com/about/hessla.php Regards, Steve