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Can one write and have the court enforce a free software licence that discriminates against companies that impose API copyright on others like what Oracle is do
by ArchD 10y ago
Can one write and have the court enforce a free software licence that discriminates against companies that impose API copyright on others like what Oracle is doing?
Something along the lines of:
You can use this software, freely distribute it yada yada as long as you do not "pull an Oracle".
- danielbarla 10y agoI'm sure you could (though it would have to be tested in court), but I'm missing the point slightly because Oracle (/Sun) is the original creator of Java, so they would not be building it on top of your license (nor would any other "Oracle" with similar intentions). If this style of licensing became so ubiquitous that essentially everyone in the future demanded it, then I guess it could make sense.
- wolf550e 10y agoImagine all GPL software required the licensee to never enforce API copyright, and if they ever enforced API copyright (over unrelated code), their license to the GPL code was null and void. Then Oracle can't run Linux.