www/licenses license-list.html

[Therese Godefroy]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Therese Godefroy <th_g> 21/01/08 07:07:25

Modified files:
        licenses       : license-list.html 

Log message:
        Add the Anti-capitalist Software License (RT #1672614);
        replace ol with ul in #ATTPublicLicense for consistency.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/licenses/license-list.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.523&r2=1.524

Patches:
Index: license-list.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/licenses/license-list.html,v
retrieving revision 1.523
retrieving revision 1.524
diff -u -b -r1.523 -r1.524
--- license-list.html   7 May 2020 19:44:52 -0000       1.523
+++ license-list.html   8 Jan 2021 12:07:24 -0000       1.524
@@ -1821,6 +1821,19 @@
 using software under this license, as we do all other nonfree software.</p>
 </dd>
 
+<dt><a id="anticapitalist">Anti-Capitalist Software License</a> 
+    <span class="anchor-reference-id">(<a 
href="#anticapitalist">#anticapitalist</a>)</span></dt>
+<dd>
+<p>The Anti-Capitalist Software License is a <a
+href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html";>nonfree
+license because it extends the four freedoms only to some kinds of
+organizations</a>, not to all. Such restrictions, even when implemented
+to handle important issues, grant <a
+href="https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2019/fall/building-ethical-software-based-on-the-four-freedoms";>
+too much power over users</a>. Please don't use this license, and we
+urge you to avoid any software that has been released under it.</p>
+</dd>
+
 <dt><a id="apsl1" href=
     "http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:APSLv1.x";>
     Apple Public Source License (APSL), version 1.x</a>
@@ -1851,7 +1864,7 @@
 <p>The AT&amp;T Public License is a nonfree license.  It has several
 serious problems:</p>
 
-<ol>
+<ul>
 <li>The patent license is voided by any modification, no matter how
 small, of the pertinent code.</li>
 <li>You must demand a written agreement when you distribute the
@@ -1864,10 +1877,10 @@
 <li>Some versions of the license require you to provide support.</li>
 <li>Some versions of the license say you cannot sell a copy of the
 software for more than the expense of distribution.</li>
-</ol>
+</ul>
 
 <p>The license has two other obnoxious features:</p>
-<ol>
+<ul>
 <li>It has a very broad reverse license to AT&amp;T, which goes far beyond
 the use of your code, even your code modified.</li>
 <li>It asserts one needs a license from AT&amp;T to make a link to their
@@ -1875,7 +1888,7 @@
 license says it gives permission to make such a link.  (Anyway, people
 shouldn't make links to sites about nonfree software.)  But such
 a claim should not be made or propagated.</li>
-</ol><p></p></dd>
+</ul><p></p></dd>
 
 
 <dt><a id="cpol">Code Project Open License, version 1.02</a>
@@ -2825,7 +2838,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2020/05/07 19:44:52 $
+$Date: 2021/01/08 12:07:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>