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Software that your life depends on should be required to respect the four software freedoms (run, study, copy, modify). If the four freedoms don't apply in the
by Kim_Bruning 3y ago
Software that your life depends on should be required to respect the four software freedoms (run, study, copy, modify). If the four freedoms don't apply in the context of your own bodily autonomy, where else could they be more important?
(Consider the inverse: Parts of your own body are not your property but are merely licensed to you, and the license can be modified or withdrawn at the pleasure of the licensor)
Legislation might be required.
(edit: this would not be without precedent. Copyright and Patents are very limited when it comes to life essentials in general, such as recipes for food or designs for clothing.)
- AndrewKemendo 3y ago> If the four freedoms don't apply in the context of your own bodily autonomy, where else could they be more important? I’ve got bad news unfortunately. Bodily autonomy has never really been all that free in practice for the last few thousand years at least. We’re making some progress at least.
- worik 3y ago> Bodily autonomy has never really been all that free in practice for the last few thousand years at least. We’re making some progress at least. In the context of the repeal of Roe V Wade....
- notjoemama 3y agoOr the ruling in the first place…
- isbwkisbakadqv 3y agoRight to someone else’s blood supply via placenta?
- leereeves 3y agoThe rules are different for parents. It's almost universally agreed that (at least once born) a child's needs are more important than parents' freedom.
- Kim_Bruning 3y agoReally depends which country you're in. Even just the west is not homogeneous on this point.
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- reaperman 3y ago> Legislation might be required Definitely required.
- az09mugen 3y ago2 cents : But then there should be a contract between the user who gains the ability to read/modify the software, discharging the software company in case the user causes a bug resulting in a health problem or even worse. Or something like that I suppose.
- marc_abonce 3y agoMost open source licenses already include that in a "no warranty" clause that is supposed to cover this. I don't know anything about law, but it looks like in jurisdictions where this clause doesn't apply, signing a separate contract wouldn't help either: https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/1410/do-warranty-disclaimers-in-software-licenses-carry-any-legal-weight https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/1410/do-warranty-dis...
- thfuran 3y agoBut that's pretty much the opposite of how medical device certification works.
- bitwize 3y ago> (Consider the inverse: Parts of your own body are not your property but are merely licensed to you, and the license can be modified or withdrawn at the pleasure of the licensor) This has been pretty much a cyberpunk trope since Neuromancer. Nice job making the dystopia reality, capitalism.