On 12/28/20 10:31 AM, Pamela Chestek wrote:
It is a misperception to think that there is any "non-binding" part of a legal document.
Which means that we should be very wary of allowing text which takes away freedoms. E.g.:
The XYZ license permits you to do anything you want (but you shouldn't do anything I think is unethical).
Open Source is as much a marketing plan as it is a legal regime. If people may legally do things with software, but the license discourages them by telling them what they should or shouldn't do, we have failed our community.
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