[GRASS-user] commercial use of GRASS in Australia

[Glynn Clements]

Benjamin Ducke wrote:

> > Telstra is the largest telco in Australia and was once fully owned by
> > the federal government as part of the post office. They used GRASS for
> > analysis.. as below
> > 
> > GRASS only in research institutions�. Not in this case�

> I don't know whether I like to see that "Grass_GIS" no also supports the
> dismantling of tax-payed infrastructures.
> But hey, it's free software so people are also free to use it to behave
> like true cheapskates, I guess.

FWIW, the Open Source Initiative's criteria for what constitutes
"Open Source" includes:

	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.

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

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>