A set of licenses, based on the GPL, with additional clauses to prevent the use of the software for nefarious purposes.

EDIT: After some issues raised, I am rebasing the license on the Apache License 2.0 and taking more care in keeping it open.

EDIT 2: I’ve rebased it. I plan to submit it to OSI as soon as my law student friend has a look at it.

  • HubertManne@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The problem I see is that its very easy to argue that X is violence or hate or discrimination. We see this in american politics. Trump gets impeached for things like telling a foreign leader he won’t release funds congress allocated to his country unless he does him a personal favor. Then calls come for bidens impeachment because maybe one of his kids did something somewhere. Ones obviously very legitamate while the other is not. Most open source orgs bend over backwards to not litigate. To be effective this would have to be in constant litigation trying to prove things that can be argued to death.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I was thinking that. The bad guys probably aren’t exactly known for obeying the law.

      Still, I guess it’s the thought that counts. Also, it would be funny for some dictator to be put on trial and have to answer to NATO, the UN, their own country, and then just this 17-year-old hobbyist calling themself Hellfire103.