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: @zkat@toot.cat. shitposts my own.
And so we are seeing calls for licenses that shift power back to the authors - who are often still individuals or collectives rather than companies.
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The OSI can persist in its insistence that “open source” means transferring power to the user, but if they do, I think they’re missing the larger point of their movement.
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If we want free and open source software to continue to be about giving power to individuals at the expense of companies, then it’s time for a change.
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Have you had a chance to talk to
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I'm down if she's interested
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What do you think about licensing that tries to embed ethics like restrictions on human rights abusers?
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I take the advice of more qualified folks here, which is that licenses are the wrong place for that buuuut... One thing I like about
@LicenseZero is that I might choose to just not sell licenses to unethical entities, which is something I'd like to explore1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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What other mechanisms do we have for embedding ethical restrictions into usage of our software, besides licenses?
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I don't know if embedding in the licenses themselves will work, but embedding them into the license sale might?
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hmm! Clearly this is something I need to read up more on.
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I'm happy to talk about it any time too!
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