A long time ago I found out through a bug report that some OSS code I wrote was being used in a guided missile system. It made me sick to my stomach, I lost sleep over it, I still think of it often. But I don't think use restrictions are workable ...https://twitter.com/rakyll/status/1175520676557377536 …
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That’s my nightmare. I don’t think it’s about letting users figure out their definition of evil; as the author you should have the right to restrict based on yours. I’ve never intentionally worked on software for military purposes, but it scares me that I don’t have full control.
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I'm not sure I'd benefit in a world where creators can morally discriminate. The pervasive default valorization of the military makes me believe otherwise. Besides, I believe that creative output is discovered and revealed to us more than it is invented or owned by us.
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Not sure it helps but I'd just point out there's more evil to the world than just the military. Somewhere out there, there's a fleet of EC2s doing the banal accounting of human trafficking, opioid addicts, etc., and I wonder sometimes how much that keeps people up at night.
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All tool makers face that, and every energy provider, or every food farmer, and every service provider, including doctors, teachers. The most recent season of The Good Place had interesting reflections on this; being ethical can't mean that kind of unachievable purism.
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