Re:Show HN: Home-made crypto in the browser
by susam on Sunday October 22, 2017 @12:43PM
(#15527626)
CC BY-NC-SA does not permit the use of the software for commercial purposes. Thus it is not free for commercial purposes. This violates a few generally accepted principles of software freedom:
* Freedom 0 of the Free Software Definition: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
* Point 6 of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
* Point 6 of the Open Source Definition (OSD): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
* Freedom 0 of the Free Software Definition: The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
* Point 6 of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
* Point 6 of the Open Source Definition (OSD): No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor: The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
FSD: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
DFSG: https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
OSD: https://opensource.org/docs/osd