While this may all seem hypothetical, a decade ago a developer bungled his taxes and retaliated by banning the Belgian government from using of his code.
Brendan On Fri, Feb 21, 2020, 11:20 AM VanL <van.lindb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:53 AM John Cowan <co...@ccil.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:21 AM VanL <van.lindb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> But think about OSD #5, which prohibits discrimination against people or >>> groups, or OSD #6, prohibiting discrimination against fields of endeavor. >>> It is true that the PNGL would not vary the permissions granted, but it >>> would be a clear statement of discrimination against those groups, >>> including a declaration that they will be treated differently in the >>> acceptance of contributions. >>> >> >> Lots of people are already treated differently, it just flies under the >> radar. There are individuals I won't accept patches from... >> > > Yes, but putting it in the license makes it different in a way that I > think may be cognizable under the OSD. I am also uneasy about the forced > speech issue, although I can't ground that in the OSD as easily. > > Thanks, > Van > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org >
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