On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 1:28 PM Gil Yehuda via License-discuss <
license-discuss@lists.opensource.org> wrote:
> The most recent proposal to use a license preamble as shame-vehicle
> reveals a potential loophole to the OSD.
>
This is an important part of the clarification. Recognising that it is
On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 12:27 PM Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> I reject the "Persona Non Grata" clause, and all other attempts at
> so-called "ethical" open-source licensing, in the strongest possible
> terms. To get entangled in this sort of thing would not merely
> be against OSI's charter as expre
> On Feb 24, 2020, at 8:44 AM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>
> With whatever moral authority I still have here, I say to all
> advocates of soi-disant "ethical" licensing not just "No" but "To hell
> with you *and* the horse you rode in on."
FTR, I find the final part of that sentence uncalled for
Eric,
Could you explain where in the non-legally functional Persona non Grata
Preamble that anyone is being "denied" use of the software? I'm not sure I
see that. Shame, annoyed, socially discouraged perhaps but I don't see how
it is "denied".
My horse and myself will be over here waiting for cla
OSI has two public email lists related to licensing. One is for review, one
is for discussion. This one is for discussion.
I happen to agree with those here who think conflating "ethics" (or various
proxies thereof) into the open source licenses does great disservice -- in
irony to the benevolent
On Monday 24 February 2020 14:44, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> I reject the "Persona Non Grata" clause, and all other attempts at
> so-called "ethical" open-source licensing, in the strongest possible
> terms. To get entangled in this sort of thing would not merely
> be against OSI's charter as expres
I reject the "Persona Non Grata" clause, and all other attempts at
so-called "ethical" open-source licensing, in the strongest possible
terms. To get entangled in this sort of thing would not merely
be against OSI's charter as expressed in the OSD, it would invite
second- and third-order effects t
