Which is fine. It's their code and they can license it however they want. They just can't call it Open Source.
> On Feb 21, 2020, at 11:24 AM, Brendan Hickey <brendan.m.hic...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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 > <mailto:van.lindb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:53 AM John Cowan <co...@ccil.org > <mailto:co...@ccil.org>> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 10:21 AM VanL <van.lindb...@gmail.com > <mailto: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 > <mailto:License-discuss@lists.opensource.org> > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org > > <http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org> > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
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