OK, here is what I hope is the last draft of the AL before I
send out an RFC. I will send humorous commentary around
shortly.
Detail to note. If this holds up legally, it is a context-
sensitive license which is both incompatible with the GPL and
itself. If men cannot serve two masters who disagree, why
should code be able to?
Cheers,
Ben
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