Lewis Jardine wrote: <snip> > To my knowledge, 'don't break the laws that apply to you' clauses are > not considered non-free (though they are GPL-incompatible, being an > 'additional restriction'), as these restrictions apply anyway, whether > they are stated in the license or not; they only restrict rights that > you did not legally have in the first place. Right -- we generally consider them to be no-op clauses.
> 'don't break laws that don't apply to you' clauses, however, mean that > the law(s) in question essentially form part of the license. The US > export control laws are non-free, under DFSG #5 (No Discrimination > Against Persons or Groups), thus squeak (as licensed) is non-free (at > best). Right. These are *not* no-op clauses, and as such we have to worry about them. -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
