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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Replying to @sarahmei
Have you had a chance to talk to
@maybekatz about this? Might be helpful to brainstorm together :)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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 -
Replying to @maybekatz @joenihl and
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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But how can that apply to free software?
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By creating two worlds: one for the community, available for free, and one available to corporate overlords, available for pay and consent. I don't believe permissive licenses or even most free software licenses can create this split though
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What if it's not a corporation but a country like North Korea or Iran? How can free software protect itself from being distributed across such national boundaries?
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How can even proprietary software protect itself in those cases? If the US government wants to violate licenses to bomb children, there's nothing you can do.
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