__/ [ Darth Chaos ] on Tuesday 15 August 2006 23:19 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Open source project adds "no military use" clause to the GPL
>>
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>> | That's intriguing enough, but the really interesting thing about GPU is
>> | the license its developers have given it. They call it a "no military
>> | use" modified version of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1438204
>
> Well, it could be two-fold. Allow me to put on my tin-foil hat. :)
>
> 1. They don't want terrorists using OSS...that would give the
> governments an excuse to ban Linux as a terrorist tool.
>
> 2. They don't want the governments (the military is part of the
> government) using OSS for "nefarious reasons" (like "spying").
>
> Now I can take off my tin-foil hat. :)
>
> But seriously...the "open source project" does not want open source
> software used for "unethical" purposes.
Actually, I am surprised that this law is not preceeded by a law forbidding
Microsoft from (mis-)using Open Source software. The Open Source labs in
Redmond have brought nothing but FUD and uncredited-for imitation. If you
call the GPL "cancer" in public, then I am sorry, but you have lost the
right to use the GPL (without derivative work, as the ODF plugin has
recently demonstrated).
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