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While we're being absurd, are there any open source/copyleft licences that specifically forbid uses in war or weapons? I guess the gov will do whatever they wan
by bioneuralnet 3y ago
While we're being absurd, are there any open source/copyleft licences that specifically forbid uses in war or weapons? I guess the gov will do whatever they want, but it would be interesting to see how it played out.
- maxbond 3y agoI think that's pretty common, as far as bespoke licenses go. I remember reading the license of a game engine that forbade using it for military training. I thought it was Quake but it doesn't seem to be.
- kube-system 3y agoThere are, but neither the FSF nor OSI support them. Those provisions go against OSI's rule 6 and FSF's rule 0. Both believe free software and open source software licenses should allow the software to be used openly by anyone. On the other hand, breaking software licenses is fair game in war.
- whatshisface 3y agoThe HGPL-4 states that all systems using covered source code must be programmed to attack those who would threaten our software freedoms. It's in the "paradox of tolerance" clause. See also: Creative Commons BY-NC-ID (ideological derivative) which allows noncommercial remixes with attribution, but not in works that promote copyright.
- squigz 3y agoWhat is the HGPL-4? Google yields no results, other than this thread :P
- omeid2 3y agoUnenforceable provisions are a mockery of man.
- RF_Savage 3y agoConsidering that GPL's provisions are already being ignored under "national security", I doubt one more clause would matter.
- Tommstein 3y ago> Considering that GPL's provisions are already being ignored under "national security", I doubt one more clause would matter. By who?
- RF_Savage 3y agoUS companies. One example is Motorola Solutions Inc. All of their new handheld radios run linux on the inside and have been confirmed to run code under GPL. Nothing has been released in the past decades.
- zaphirplane 3y agoThere is the story of the JSON licence excluding evil use and a company approached the author to get an unambiguous licence