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> What we need are some jolly clever OSS licenses that have clauses in them 'not for military use'. That may be 'open source,' for some definition of the term,
by wtbob 10y ago
> What we need are some jolly clever OSS licenses that have clauses in them 'not for military use'.
That may be 'open source,' for some definition of the term, but it wouldn't be free software.
Nor would it be right: it is the right of any people to band together in their own self defence, and munitions are part of that. The rights to own a gun, encrypt a file and operate a computer are one and the same.