On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:53:48PM +0100, Jaime E . Villate wrote:
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 11:43:31PM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
Notice that in item 8 of the GPL is not "the license" who is discriminating against anyone; it is just a reminder that somebody else (for instance a paranoid state who thinks comunists are dangerous criminals) has decided to forbid some individuals to have equal access to technology. It is not the holder of the copyright who has decided that.
Wrong, please read the section again. A communist is a person, it specifically states a geographical territory, not a group of people.
You're right, what I meant to say was: "for instance a paranoid state whou thinks that anyone living in a comunist country is a dangerous criminal" and of course, this is just a hypothetical example I came up with; any resemblance to real cases should be mere coincidence.
There are enough real cases, Irak to name an example.
Jeroen Dekkers