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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> on 2006/09/27 00:22:10 UTC
not open source?
is the license below OSI compatible?
in particular does
ii) Licensee does not utilize the software in a manner which is
disparaging to Sun.
discriminate (ironically enough) against the field of endeavor of
satirists...?
(quite literally no jokes about sun allow when using this software)
- robert
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Re: not open source?
Posted by robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org>.
On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:55 +0200, Santiago Gala wrote:
> El mar, 26-09-2006 a las 23:22 +0100, robert burrell donkin escribió:
>
> (...)
>
> > ii) Licensee does not utilize the software in a manner which is
> > disparaging to Sun.
> >
> > discriminate (ironically enough) against the field of endeavor of
> > satirists...?
> >
>
> LOL. In a sense, uninstalling the software could be considered
> to "disparage" Sun, casting doubts about their excelence as software
> providers. Or sending a bug report, ... :)
ROTFWL :-)
- robert
Re: not open source?
Posted by Santiago Gala <sg...@apache.org>.
El mar, 26-09-2006 a las 23:22 +0100, robert burrell donkin escribió:
(...)
> ii) Licensee does not utilize the software in a manner which is
> disparaging to Sun.
>
> discriminate (ironically enough) against the field of endeavor of
> satirists...?
>
LOL. In a sense, uninstalling the software could be considered
to "disparage" Sun, casting doubts about their excelence as software
providers. Or sending a bug report, ... :)
Regards
Santiago
--
VP and Chair, Apache Portals (http://portals.apache.org)
Apache Software Foundation
Re: not open source?
Posted by Justin Erenkrantz <ju...@erenkrantz.com>.
On 9/26/06, robert burrell donkin <rd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> is the license below OSI compatible?
>
> in particular does
>
> ii) Licensee does not utilize the software in a manner which is
> disparaging to Sun.
>
> discriminate (ironically enough) against the field of endeavor of
> satirists...?
I would also be more concerned about the exception forbidding use in
airlines, nuclear reactors, etc, etc.
So, my hunch is that this isn't OSI compatible. -- justin