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I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, not wanting your work to be used for purposes you deem evil seems commendable. On the other hand, imagine how a trend o
by nathan_long 8y ago
I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, not wanting your work to be used for purposes you deem evil seems commendable.
On the other hand, imagine how a trend of this could look. Library X is off-limits for companies doing GMO. Library Y is off-limits for advertising companies. Database X can't be used by anyone who contracts with the defense department. And the restrictions are updated as various issues come into the news.
In that case, using open source would suddenly be very risky. What if your company is deemed bad by someone who makes something you depend on?
The rational move would be to use proprietary software, whose standard is "whoever pays us".
- sieabah 8y agoAnd thus you see the issue... Open source isn't open source if your beliefs of who uses the projects are involved.