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Oh boy. If this passes, I'm basically going to have to not allow people to use my FOSS in Europe. I have actually written some Open Source licenses [1], and on
by gavinhoward 4y ago
Oh boy. If this passes, I'm basically going to have to not allow people to use my FOSS in Europe.
I have actually written some Open Source licenses [1], and one different thing about these licenses is that they are null and void if the law requires the original contributors to accept any responsibility for the software unless they voluntarily accept it.
In my opinion (IANAL, but I wrote those licenses), if things passes, then anything licensed under my licenses would not be legal to use in Europe or by EU citizens.
Licenses will now need protections like this to keep FOSS alive, and places with laws like these will lose out.
By the way, my licenses are currently being checked by a lawyer. However, it may cost me more than I can spare, so I may not be able to get them fully checked.
[1]: https://yzena.com/licenses/ https://yzena.com/licenses/