Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
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Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#2It really seems like you just don't want to be open source. That's your choice.
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#3I've never understood open sourcing something, but only if I like you. The answer is to have proprietary license that you only give out to select users/companies.
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#4Your project would no longer be open source. It would become source-available proprietary software.
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#5There is the MIT+ni*ger license. Please don't ban me, just saying. No company would ever use your software given this license, but your users may boycott you too
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#6You can probably close-source and sell for cheap, pick and choose who you sell it to.
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#7Post is dated 2026-01-01, I guess it was maybe not meant to be released yet?
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#8"No man is wise enough to know all the evil that he does."
-Rochefoucald
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#9This is already explored - use source available instead of open source.
Re: Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)
#10There are plenty of licences to achieve this that'll make your code unusable.
CC-BY-NC allows you to ban commercial use. There is also the Hippocratic licence[2] which allows you to choose from a variety of "evil corporation" types, from fossil fuels, mineral exploration, the Taliban, companies that have more than 200% pay inequity, etc.
Pretty much all of these licences will make your project unusable and no longer free software, but hey, they exist!