On Fri, 25 May 2001, Walter Landry wrote: >> >; 2. Users of this software agree to make their best efforts (a) to >> >; return to me any improvements or extensions that they make, so that >> >; these may be included in future releases; and (b) to inform me of >> >; noteworthy uses of this software. >> >> The B section here really is outside the bounds of a copying license. It >> doesn't make it non-free, just adds a trivial requirement that would be >> better phrased as a request. > >I don't agree. This puts a restriction on _users_. This means that >it can't be used in the NSA, FBI, Los Alamos, typical Silicon Valley >startups, or any other place that doesn't let people talk about what >they do. That violates DFSG#6: No Discrimination Against Fields of >Endeavor.
You're right, though in context, classification is enough to foil "best effort". Basically, the weasel words come to the rescue again. >Regards, >Walter Landry >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- You have paid nothing for the preceding, therefore it's worth every penny you've paid for it: if you did pay for it, might I remind you of the immortal words of Phineas Taylor Barnum regarding fools and money? Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
