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>Licenses don't just grant additional rights; they can also set conditions on the exercise of those rights, such as attribution or copyleft

Usually the right being exercised is that of copying, not merely using; for example, assuming that running a program is a form of use, the GPL does not set conditions on using (or displaying or performing)[1]; are there any copyright licenses that do restrict activities other than distribution?

[1]https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#NoDistributionR...



> are there any copyright licenses that do restrict activities other than distribution?

Quite a few.

The JSON license prevents usage in weapons, the old Java license prevents usage in nuclear submarines (until RedHat lobbied to remove that part), etc.


The JSON license does not prevent usage in weapons. Only use for evil. Weapons are not necessarily evil.




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