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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resignsGNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resignsPosted Jan 2, 2013 13:48 UTC (Wed) by rfontana (subscriber, #52677)In reply to: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns by mjg59 Parent article: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns
Not necessarily. The license could be interpreted such that the standard for "evil" is not the subjective view of the licensee.
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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns Posted Jan 2, 2013 16:31 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
I thought the licensor was on record as it being up to the licensee's interpretation?
GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns Posted Jan 2, 2013 16:36 UTC (Wed) by rfontana (subscriber, #52677) [Link]
I wasn't aware of that. If that is so, I withdraw much of my past objection to this license to the extent the licensor you refer to is the licensor in a particular instance.
GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns Posted Jan 2, 2013 16:59 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
I have recollections of something like "If IBM thinks it may do evil, IBM would need to negotiate a new license".
GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns Posted Jan 8, 2013 17:04 UTC (Tue) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]
IIRC he said he gave an explicit right for IBM to use the software for evil, after receiving a request from IBM's laywers.
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