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One perspective is that entities which want to do bad things with software will find a way, even if it means writing it themselves or buying it. Trying to build
by jrootabega 5y ago
One perspective is that entities which want to do bad things with software will find a way, even if it means writing it themselves or buying it. Trying to build protections against that into the license will create a heavy enforcement burden and provide a point of compromise that could be used to target unpopular or inconvenient, but not "bad", users of the software. Making a free license deliberately allows the possibility that the software could be used for bad purposes.