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Re:The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux by gpcz on Friday October 18, 2013 @04:33PM (#6573858)
Such a license would violate Clause 6 of the Open Source Definition (src: http://opensource.org/osd-annotated ), which states that you cannot restrict use based on fields of endeavor. Therefore, you could make the license, but you could not call it open-source.
Re:The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux by archagon on Friday October 18, 2013 @07:46PM (#6574670)
As an aside, even though it might ruffle some feathers, I don't think it would actually be illegal to do so — right?
Re:The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux by gpcz on Saturday October 19, 2013 @12:18AM (#6575314)
Probably not illegal, but whoever does it would be muddying up a term with a clear, established definition.
Re:The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux by chris_wot on Saturday October 19, 2013 @09:08AM (#6576260)
What if I develop software that allows me to restrict usage of software based on field of endeavour, then I apply an open source license to it?