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TOS - May not use to operate nuclear facility - Is this silly or really necessary?

• khangtoh 18y ago
  To be clear, I'm specifically talking about web startups and companies.
• jwilliams 18y ago
  Many software licenses contain this as a restriction - i.e. "no nukes". Many licenses just simply say the code is "not intended" for nuclear facilities - usually also extended to other critical systems such as aircraft or medical applications. If your startup is using this code, then it's likely you need to pass this restriction on. Edit: I may be wrong, but this might also relate to export restrictions in some countries.
  • khangtoh 18y ago
    I can understand why most software licenses would do that. But for web startups? or even a website in this case eventbrite, yahoo.
    • jwilliams 18y ago
      They might be using code that has that restriction - thus they're need the restriction in their own service.
• shutter 18y ago
  Unrelated: I am amazed that this page is now #1 on that Google search you linked to. Less than an hour, post to index? That's fast.