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>Do you happen to know of a licence that has anything like a "can only be used for the benefit of humanity" clause? A terrible idea for a number of reasons (in
by HideousKojima 4y ago
>Do you happen to know of a licence that has anything like a "can only be used for the benefit of humanity" clause?
A terrible idea for a number of reasons (in terms of legal enforceability, unintended side effects, and more). The following two articles do a good job of explaining why such a license really isn't practical:
https://perens.com/2019/09/23/sorry-ms-ehmke-the-hippocratic-license-cant-work/ https://perens.com/2019/09/23/sorry-ms-ehmke-the-hippocratic...
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freed...
- starwatch 4y agoYes, the unintended side effects of HESSLA (sibling comment) were a surprise for me to read about. Thank you for the links - I'd not heard of the Hippocratic License but the criticisms are interesting.