17 August 2006

Open source project adds "no military use" clause to the GPL

Mengotti says the clause is specifically intended to prevent military use. "We are software developers who dedicate part of our free time to open source development. The fact is that open source is used by the military industry. Open source operating systems can steer warplanes and rockets. [This] patch should make clear to users of the software that this is definitely not allowed by the licenser."

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http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/08/14/1438204

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