FireFox 3 EULA

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:53:40AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:44:55AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
>>>> For instance, a license that says:
>>>> 	"you may not use this software for larceny"
>>>>
>>>> *IS*NOT* Free Software.
>>> Then ISTM that whoever releases software which patently
>>> could be used for criminal purposes should not use GPL.
>>
>> The conclusion of that slippery slope is that then you should not release
>> any software at all under any kind of license, because if you're going
>> for criminal purposes, what's the point of respecting copyright? :)
>>
>>>> But stating in the README file "The authors do not condone usage of this
>>>> software for larceny" is totally different.
>>> I don't know about "totally", but certainly that's different.
>>
>> It's totally because it's not the license.
>
> Does every thread on Fedora _have_ to become an argument? I agreed
> with you.

I didn't take it as an argument, see the smiley? :)

Rui

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