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

grove at zeta.org.au grove at zeta.org.au
Tue Aug 15 13:10:27 AEST 2006


On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Paul Bolger wrote:

> He says some might think an attempt to prevent military use might be
> "too idealistic" and would not work in practice, but he references the
> world of ham radio, whose rules specify that the technology is not to
> be used commercially. "Surprisingly enough, this rule is respected by
> almost every ham operator."

This is why you rarely hear of "Ham Spam"  ;)


rachel

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