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From: | Philip Balister |
Subject: | Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] re: Low cost hardware option |
Date: | Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:02:14 -0500 |
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On 01/13/2011 02:00 AM, Jamie Morken wrote:
All "non-commercial use only" clauses most likely restrict most military use, and these are quite common, and are far more restrictive than a "non-military use only" clause. I do follow what you are saying though, but its a choice like "ethical investing", it makes economic sense to some people and seems foolish to some people.
Non-commercial use, academic only and other clauses restricting use of the hardware/software in derived works is not compatible with the OSI definition of an open source license. See:
http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd Specifically, clause 6 states: 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of EndeavorThe license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
Philip
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