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But that balance of power has shifted over the last 30 years. What we are noticing is that free and open source software is now accumulating power once again in the _companies_, since they’re the end the users of the software, rather than individuals.

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.

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.

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.

Have you had a chance to talk to @maybekatz about this? Might be helpful to brainstorm together :)

I'm down if she's interested

What do you think about licensing that tries to embed ethics like restrictions on human rights abusers?

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 explore