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An Ethical License for Open Source Projects

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Re: An Ethical License for Open Source Projects

#11
Ethical proprietary license is an oxymoron. This is nothing more than a waiver of responsibility to make a product not only worth using but to encourage its use. This crippling license can only serve to rig the market competition. Imagine if the FSF could suddenly ban all routers from running GPL software, to promote its own line of approved LAN and WiFi cards.

Speaking of FSF, how uncanny is it this license released so quickly after Dr. Richard Stallman's resignation? If nothing more, to catapult the walls when the gate is already lowered.

Let's cut to the chase: How will you prove an allegedly amoral actor is utilising your code when you have no access to the codebase? So banning top secret government projects is an unrealistic pursuit, which leaves only one part of the 'open source' community to destabilise another part, or to make crooked the already fading concept of software freedom.

When can we expect Coraline to nominate xirself(/herself/himself) as the new ethical leader of 'open source' software, and in term the FSF?

Re: An Ethical License for Open Source Projects

#12
Can I use the software to kill Hitler?

Can an anti-vaccer developer sue a vaccine production company? What about use in vaccine research?

What about a hospital with a clear pro-fife/pro-choice policy? Can the other half of the developer sue them?

Can I use the software to run a 5G network? [I think they are safe.]

In a Juul factory? [There are some interesting cases reports.]

Can I use it in a coal mine? A nuclear plant? A solar panel installation company?

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