Re: Boy Scout Open Source

["Al Wheeler-2" <user=1343@nabble.blu.org>]

 Don Levey wrote: 

> Dan Ritter wrote: 
>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:55:23PM -0400, Don Levey wrote: 
>>> So here's the question, then: 
>>> Do the Boy Scouts' exclusive policies violate the spirit of F/OSS, 
>>> even if not the letter of the "rules"?  Or does the F/OSS community, 
>>> by and large, hold a neutral policy if the person/group is otherwise 
>>> behaving "appropriately" within the realm of software/technology? 
>> 
>> I don't think that there's a single F/OSS community, myself, so 
>> it's difficult to say what the spirit or the rules are. 
>> 
>> What's against the rules? Violating license terms. Trying to restrict 
>> other people's freedoms. "Extend and embrace". Lying. Apart from 
>> that, I'm not sure there's anything we can all agree on. 
>> 
> That's what I suspected, but being out on the fringe of things I'm 
> never sure how my perceptions match up with reality. 
> 
> That said, I think I can see at least some people trying to make the 
> case that the actions of the organization in question might violate 
> the rules you mention. I'm not sure I'd agree, but I can see how 
> someone might make that case. 
> 
>  -Don 
>