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It makes me sad that software like Linux written in a benevolent co-operative spirit ends up being used for such a purpose. Makes you wonder if there needs to
by hnb32 14y ago
It makes me sad that software like Linux written in a benevolent co-operative spirit ends up being used for such a purpose.
Makes you wonder if there needs to be a software license with a stipulation along the lines of "must not be used for evil", though I guess that would need defining.
- phpnode 14y agoJSON cannot be used for evil, unless you have permission from Crockford: http://www.json.org/license.html http://www.json.org/license.html
- robin_reala 14y agoIncidentally, IBM have permission from Crockford to be evil or to have evil sublicensees: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=764024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=764024
- dbaupp 14y agoAnd that clause is (widely considered) a bad idea, because "evil" is relative (e.g. some people think abortions are evil, others don't). http://www.sonatype.com/people/2012/03/use-json-well-youd-better-not-be-evil/ http://www.sonatype.com/people/2012/03/use-json-well-youd-be... http://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article46/json-license http://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article46/json-license http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#Criticism
- swalsh 14y ago"must not be used for evil" But what's evil? If you eat the deer, is hunting it evil?
- hnb32 14y agoYes, some of us regard the unnecessary killing of other sentient creatures as evil.
- monochromatic 14y agoSo you're vegan and don't use any animal products?
- sek 14y agoLinux is just used for embedded stuff now, what's the difference if they use Linux or some custon Ada realtime OS? The valley wouldn't exist without the cold war, there is always two sides of the coin.
- monochromatic 14y ago... because guns are evil?