Apache and the JSON license
Apache and the JSON license
Posted Dec 1, 2016 18:34 UTC (Thu) by tartley (subscriber, #96301)In reply to: Apache and the JSON license by marcH
Parent article: Apache and the JSON license
Hey marcH. It is true that some (not most) actions can be universally classified as either good or evil. But that's not remotely sufficient. It is necessary that *all* (or the vast majority) of actions can be so classified, unambiguously and trivially, before the action is taken. Otherwise, any one abiding by the terms doesn't know which actions they can or cannot take. If they make a classification error even once, in any of the hundreds of actions they might perform every day, then they are wide open to anybody with a different classification accusing them of breaching the terms.
Posted Dec 1, 2016 21:31 UTC (Thu)
by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
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Apache and the JSON license
I totally agree that such a clause has absolutely nothing to do in a software licence. Sorry for straying off the licence discussion.