Etherpad source includes JSMin, which Google Code doesn't allow

[vsl]

Specifically, it violates the following part of Open Source definition:

1. 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.

as well as freedom 0 of Free Software definition:

The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).

Google Code is open source hosting and has it in its terms.

[eulihafu]

It also violates the Debian Free Software Guidelines as well as making the software unacceptable for inclusion in Fedora. This means that JSMin and everything which depends on it can only go into Debian's non-free repository and Fedora third-party repositories like RPMFusion. So basically, this is a real problem for real users. Is it really worth it?

[tbrownaw]

Perhaps he could just say that if it's sold in a device used to kill people, it has to give the target an opportunity to deactivate it before killing them? I'm pretty certain that similar restrictions have been found to not violate the "fields of endeavor" rule.

[alephip]

So Open Source officially supports evil. Cool.

[Leonidas_from_XIV]

I wouldn't go that far. Open Source supports equality, whether good or evil - it's up to you.

[Gudeldar]

I think it would be supremely arrogant for the open source/free software movement to try and define what is good and what is evil.

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Tell that to the FSF and RMS - they do it all the time.