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The Vaccine License – A Software License That Saves Lives
- natch 7y agoThey should have a condition that makes recognition of the local authority dependent on that authority adhering to generally accepted medical best practices as laid down by some reference organization such as WHO or the CDC. Otherwise this is vulnerable to abuse in locales where the local authority is bonkers. I do understand it’s only a software license though.
- SlavikCA 7y agoDo I understand it correctly, that the idea of that license, is that software can not be used unless "users vaccinate their children, and themselves"? Regardless of the author's opinion about vaccination, that seems strange and counter-productive: if you push something onto people, they just will see it as one more reason, that something is wrong with it. Also, I don't think such license can be enforced: does developers really expect, that users will let them inspect medical records? Sounds like something that "Social justice warrior" will do.
- teilo 7y agoThis is a terrible idea, entirely unenforceable, and will accomplish nothing. Can we please stop trying to do clever things with software licenses that have nothing to do with the software itself?
- duelingjello 7y agoYes, it’s the epitome of virtue-signaling and zenith of rhetorical bullshit. The aims might be noble or “noble,” but there’s no effective action or commitment behind such empty words.
- bransonf 7y agoRegardless of where you stand on this being a good idea or not, there is no way it can or ever will be legally enforced.
- Mathnerd314 7y agoThis is like Crockford's JSLint license "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.", i.e. non-free and generally a terrible license. But I guess it could eventually be funny, like Crockford granting IBM permission to use his software for evil. OSI discussion: https://opensource.org/LicenseReview102019 https://opensource.org/LicenseReview102019