On 14 Oct 2001, Aaron M. Ucko wrote: > All Rights Reserved. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND: Use, > duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject > to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) ... > in a license violate the DFSG?
I guess it depends on those restrictions. If those restrictions violate DFSG then yes. But they probably don't, making the situation a little more complex :} > On the one hand, it appears to discriminate against the US government; Perhaps that "anti-discrimination" clause needs to be clarified. It is intended to discourage software that, for example, says "you may use this software only for non-commercial purposes" or "you may not use this software in any country that does not meet X criteria." I personally do not think that a license that imposes restrictions on certain groups should count as violating the anti-discrimination clause in the case that all the restrictions are DFSG-ok. Otherwise there is a situation where something that permits additional rights to certain groups might be non-free, whereas something that denies those rights to everyone is in free. If those rights are not DFSG-related, I think that is silly. But then I have no official capacity in this at all, so :}
