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The clause doesn't just make it incompatible with the GPL, it makes it not open source.

• tedunangst 15y ago
  Only for some bizarre definition of open source in which the words open and source do not mean open and source.
  • neilk 15y ago
    Nope. Read the Open Source Definition as defined by the Open Source Initiative. To be Open Source (tm), you need to not discriminate against any "fields of endeavor". http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd#fields-of-endeavor http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd#fields-of-endeavor
    • tedunangst 15y ago
      I have as little respect for people who redefine open source as for the people who redefine free software.
    • warp 15y ago
      The open source initiative failed to obtain the trademark. So "Open Source" as a term is not trademarked, and can mean anything. IMO, the only useful description of open source is source code licensed under one of the licenses approved by the Open Source Initiative, but there is no trademark protecting that particular use.