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The words “license” and “interesting” should not be in the same sentence. Unless you are a lawyer practicing IP law, do not attempt modify or customize license
by Uehreka 1y ago
The words “license” and “interesting” should not be in the same sentence.
Unless you are a lawyer practicing IP law, do not attempt modify or customize licenses, period. Contrary to what pbronez is saying, you have no guarantee that the terms “Terrorism + Nation-State Militaries” will function anything like you expect them to. Not to mention that most mainstream licenses have had to be crafted in special ways to deal with differences in what different countries will even allow you to put in a license (you can’t generally just write “by using this software you agree to name your child after me” and have it actually hold up).
If you don’t want your software to be used by the military industrial complex, I get it, but DO NOT just try to hand-spin a license based on what seems to make sense.
Instead, consider that you’re not the first person to want this, and there are probably like 3 existing licenses crafted by actual lawyers who know what they’re doing and can also explain the possible pitfalls in using the license.