Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-17 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 8:13 PM Tenorgil wrote: > > Can you clarify this phrase > > You can basically do whatever you want, as long as you are not a company with > shareholders employing lots of people > > What does it mean if “you” (presumably a person) is not a company (a legal > concept). If

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-17 Thread Tenorgil
Can you clarify this phrase You can basically do whatever you want, as long as you are not a company with shareholders employing lots of people What does it mean if “you” (presumably a person) is not a company (a legal concept). If all the employees of

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Mat K. Witts dixit: >Are there any objections to this interpretation? Yes. bye, //mirabilos -- I believe no one can invent an algorithm. One just happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God a

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-17 Thread McCoy Smith
A "Big Corporation" and a "Giant Corporation" are both groups. The licenses disadvantage both by not granting them a license. So yes, fails OSD. > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss On > Behalf Of Mat K. Witts > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2021 4:06 PM > To: license-discuss@lists.

Re: [License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-17 Thread David Woolley
On 17/01/2021 00:05, Mat K. Witts wrote: employing more people than the license allows Open source licence cannot limit the number of people allowed. ___ The opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and not necessarily those of the O

[License-discuss] OSI definition

2021-01-17 Thread Mat K. Witts
The Open Source Definition (Annotated) is located on the internet at https://opensource.org/osd-annotated Section 5, 'No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups' states, 'The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons'. The Rationale concludes: '[...] we forbid any op