Le 29 Décembre 2005 21:56, Mathieu Bouchard a écrit :

Yes. But this is only because the FSF wants the user to decide what's good or bad.

Wrong interpretation: the term "military or repressive use" does not relate to any speficic activity, because so many fields of endeavor are involved in the business of repression. But it complies with rule 5: "No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups", because using force against people usually involves discrimination.

It's a "modified" BSD licence, it's open and compatible... But this first phrase is simply an opinion, and legally almost irrelevent. It's a bit weird to use a BSD license and add such a vague statement, knowing that OpenBSD was financed by the Pentagon for many years until Theo de Raadt expressed its concern about the war in Iraq. B.T.W. the Internet was also developed by the Pentagon, so maybe PiDiP should not be downloaded from the Internet, since this network is being used for war and repression.

It's not a good idea to add "politically correct" clauses in a license, because their interpretations can be too fuzzy. A license is a technical document, and moral stances are better included as "legal embodiments", like the GPL does so well.

Help, help! I'm being opressed! (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) ;-)