[PD] pd-pidip into Debian

ALAN BROOKER alan.brooker2010 at gmail.com
Sat Dec 11 23:40:02 CET 2010


I agree but how could such a term ever be enforced if the military were to
use it? Through litigation? IMO such a term is unenforceable
... arguably making it redundant-although I am happy to hear other's point
of view?

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Martin . <blindmanonacid at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 for including the line about military use in pd's license. That will
> make us all happy. And the military then has to use maxmsp.
>
> Though, I assume it means military institutions and not my own militant
> guerilla art.
>
> But, we could also conclude that war/military is commercial, at least in
> the sense that war is waged for profit, and thus GPL should do....
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:46 PM, ydegoyon at gmail.com <ydegoyon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> good!!! i'm free to do what i like now!!!
>>
>> yeh!
>>
>> sevy
>>
>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ok, will do. I also have to remove pidip from Pd-extended based on this
>>> license.
>>>
>>> .hc
>>>
>>> On Nov 23, 2010, at 7:18 AM, ydegoyon at free.fr wrote:
>>>
>>>  jooo, que espeso ...
>>>>
>>>> i told you 10000 times not to package my stuff,
>>>> that i'm happy with the packages of goto10...
>>>>
>>>> so [EOC]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ciao,
>>>> sevy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Lluis and Yves,
>>>>>
>>>>> I see that puredyne has packaged pidip, so it should be pretty easy to
>>>>> get it into Debian. The only problem is the license. If it was a straight
>>>>> BSD or GPL license, then it would be fine. The problem is this line:
>>>>>
>>>>> NOT FOR MILITARY OR REPRESSIVE USE !!!
>>>>>
>>>>> That isn't free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
>>>>>
>>>>> .hc
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be
>>>>> glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we
>>>>> should do freely and generously. - Benjamin Franklin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> Programs should be written for people to read, and only incidentally for
>>> machines to execute.
>>> - from Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
>>>
>>>
>>>
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