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Open source software works because it's easy to use. Start including limiting clauses and you'll need lawyers to figure out what you can and can't use. Even the

by lki876 6y ago

Open source software works because it's easy to use. Start including limiting clauses and you'll need lawyers to figure out what you can and can't use. Even then, there's still the chance that downstream the package will still end up somewhere you didn't intend. Which is why the current model is popular and this isn't.

thinkingemote 6y ago
the intention is not to make it easier for companies to use, it's to put a burden on them. The aim is not to make the software widely used - but ethically used.
- lki876 6y ago
  > the intention is ... to put a burden on them Sounds like a great model to get people to use software.
  - thinkingemote 6y ago
    Yes. it is not a model to get people to use it at all!! I think the aim is not to get as many people to use the software. It's to get certain people not to use it. It's kind of like comparing a non profit to a for profit business and noticing that the non profit does not have the aim to make more money. I wouldn't expect any library or application to have this license on to become popular at all. But there might be a use for better worded exclusive licenses somewhere in our world.
- PixyMisa 6y ago
  Great, now you've killed open source.
montalbano 6y ago
Exact text from the MIT variant: "The Software may not be used in applications and services that are used for or aid in the exploration, extraction, refinement, processing, or transportation of fossil fuels. The Software may not be used by companies that rely on fossil fuel extraction as their primary means of revenue. This includes but is not limited to the companies listed at https://climatestrike.software/blocklist" https://climatestrike.software/blocklist" I am not a trained lawyer but that seems pretty easy to understand to me, and has less ambiguity than some other open-source licenses I've read.
- tjansen 6y ago
  Would you be allowed to use it for a store that sells (gas or coal) grills?

by lki876 6y ago

thinkingemote 6y ago

the intention is not to make it easier for companies to use, it's to put a burden on them. The aim is not to make the software widely used - but ethically used.

lki876 6y ago
> the intention is ... to put a burden on them Sounds like a great model to get people to use software.
- thinkingemote 6y ago
  Yes. it is not a model to get people to use it at all!! I think the aim is not to get as many people to use the software. It's to get certain people not to use it. It's kind of like comparing a non profit to a for profit business and noticing that the non profit does not have the aim to make more money. I wouldn't expect any library or application to have this license on to become popular at all. But there might be a use for better worded exclusive licenses somewhere in our world.
PixyMisa 6y ago
Great, now you've killed open source.

montalbano 6y ago

Exact text from the MIT variant: "The Software may not be used in applications and services that are used for or aid in the exploration, extraction, refinement, processing, or transportation of fossil fuels. The Software may not be used by companies that rely on fossil fuel extraction as their primary means of revenue. This includes but is not limited to the companies listed at https://climatestrike.software/blocklist" https://climatestrike.software/blocklist" I am not a trained lawyer but that seems pretty easy to understand to me, and has less ambiguity than some other open-source licenses I've read.

tjansen 6y ago
Would you be allowed to use it for a store that sells (gas or coal) grills?