Re: [way OT] Re: GPL and other licenses (was ANN: XML Marshalling for Objective C on OS X)
Re: [way OT] Re: GPL and other licenses (was ANN: XML Marshalling for Objective C on OS X)
- Subject: Re: [way OT] Re: GPL and other licenses (was ANN: XML Marshalling for Objective C on OS X)
- From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:37:35 -0400
On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 05:28 AM, Wade Tregaskis wrote:
More specifically, I've taken the BSD license as my template and added
an extra clause, which states to the effect that no company deemed by
the code's author to be an anti-competitive monopoly may even view the
code, let alone use it or alter it. My thought is that it should be
pretty damn obvious to everyone whether or not they are or represent an
anti-competitive monopoly, but my fear is that some such monopoly will
plead innocence (or incompetence) and get out of it. Any suggestions?
I'd say that the "no company deemed by the code's author" part leaves it
open to interpretation. It might be better to say something like "no
company that has been convicted of anti-competitive behavior in any
local, state, or federal court system, either US or foreign".
That's still open to interpretation, though - does it apply to the Baby
Bells, or to the remnants of the former Standard Oil?
sherm--
C programmers never die - they're just cast into void.
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