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>you must come on a Wednesday, and you must be invited. Only members and their guests are permitted to enter, and membership is granted only to Parsis.

I for one am not moved to preserve such an exclusionary cuisine. Crap like this is why creative commons, copyleft, and the GPL came into existence.

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My comment adds no value to the thread but are you really applying the concept of software licenses to an eatery? This is a classic technique for generating buzz and demand. Many many restaurants do it. People are fine with it, no harm is done. It does not violate any rights. Owners can choose to serve whom they please.

> "People are fine with it, "

Then who are you responding to?

If a restaurant did it in the US, it would be illegal discrimination on the basis of national origin. This particular restaurant would only fly depending on whether they could qualify as a private club exempt from the Civil Rights Act.

> Only members and their guests are permitted to enter, and membership is granted only to Parsis.

Implies that it is very much a private club.

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