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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: non military license for ada
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:39:42 +0100
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tony_gair@yahoo.co.uk (Tony Gair) writes:

> Is anyone aware of any open source license which stipulates that the
> software cannot be used directly or in a supporting role by the Attack
> and thieve oil industry er..... sorry Defense industry.

Discrimination against fields of endeavor prevents a license from
being an Open Source license.

Of course, you might add a clause which is not a restriction because
the acts that are being restricted are not allowed by general law
(i.e. "must not be used to prepare or conduct a war of aggression").