Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] re: Low cost hardware option

[Philip Balister]

On 01/13/2011 02:00 AM, Jamie Morken wrote:
> All "non-commercial use only" clauses most likely restrict most military
>   use, and these are quite common, and are far more restrictive than a
> "non-military use only" clause.  I do follow what you are saying though, but its a choice 
> like "ethical investing", it makes economic sense to some people and seems foolish to 
> some people.

Non-commercial use, academic only and other clauses restricting use of 
the hardware/software in derived works is not compatible with the OSI 
definition of an open source license. See:

http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

Specifically, clause 6 states:

6. 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.

Philip