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Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave by phaemon on Thursday February 09, 2017 @07:31AM (#13606443)
Isn't that "The Non-Profit Open Software License"?

https://opensource.org/licenses/NPOSL-3.0

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Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave by ghaff on Thursday February 09, 2017 @10:11AM (#13607419)
Apparently not. Your comment actually made me look it up because my understanding was that these sorts of restricted uses weren't allowed for OSI licenses.

Apparently NPOSL addresses an issue with some non-profits making warranties, not to restrict usage to non-profits:

http://marlacorinne.4parkers.com/2014/06/20/non-commercial-o...

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