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I believe prohibiting products or services that promote or make profit from tobacco products will limit adoption of the license, causing more harm than good overall.
I also happen to be a pipe smoker, so I know there are some people for which the collection and use of tobacco-related products and tobacco can be considered a hobby. If somebody wanted to make a website showing off their collection of vintage tobacco pipes, for example, they could not use any software under this license.
Proposed Resolution
I don't think the clause against tobacco should be in this license.
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If somebody wanted to make a website showing off their collection of vintage tobacco pipes, for example, they could not use any software under this license.
I think it should be clarified here that the licence's terms only prohibit use of the licenced software by such a website, not generally by the person who operates it:
This software must not be used by any organisation, website, product, or service that …
In other words, you can't DNH-licenced software on your tobacco website, but if you also have a second website about something else, you can use DNH-licenced software there.
Overview
I believe prohibiting products or services that promote or make profit from tobacco products will limit adoption of the license, causing more harm than good overall.
There's precedent of a PR suggesting prohibiting alcohol-related use being closed for this very reason.
I also happen to be a pipe smoker, so I know there are some people for which the collection and use of tobacco-related products and tobacco can be considered a hobby. If somebody wanted to make a website showing off their collection of vintage tobacco pipes, for example, they could not use any software under this license.
Proposed Resolution
I don't think the clause against tobacco should be in this license.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: