On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 00:00 Gil Yehuda via License-discuss < license-discuss@lists.opensource.org> wrote:
> Tobie > One day my grandchild will ask me "what did you do to fight genocide in > your day?" I hope to be able to give a better answer than "I helped make > sure to put an anti-genocide clause in my source code licenses." > > She'll ask "that's all you did?" and I'll say "no, dear, I made sure that > the license was still OSI-approved." > > I think part of the issue here is that in the face of real human issues, > this seems like a misuse of energy. Licenses manage the use of copyright > rights. We fight genocide with laws, with armies, maybe a good protest or > two? > Oh come on, Gil! As mentioned twice in my email, that’s a contrived example to show how I believe section 5 and 6 of the OSD aren’t as tight as many suggest they are. With all due respect, you’re not engaging in good faith, here. —tobie >
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