Post AstdimJLKyNrejmhHc by RangerRick@redwombat.social
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 (DIR) Post #AoVwGjQbctWnx8N3x2 by tante@tldr.nettime.org
       2024-11-28T18:11:54Z
       
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       Does anybody here know of an open source project that - while using a traditional license - enforces other social rules or makes political, ethical or social norms for the intended use of the project explicit and has any forms of consequences for disobedience?Think: "This project fundamentally disagrees with capitalism, Bug reports by Amazon employees will not be answered" or whatever social "contract" you can imagine.Not looking for projects that just say "please only use us in a certain way" but has some form of enforcement going that's not tied to licensing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVwGk5jA0QC0fbu2y by reto@pleroma.labrat.space
       2024-11-28T21:36:46.046349Z
       
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       @tante Linux just banned a bunch of Russian entities from the maintainers list... does that count?
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVwGl67Q2KR8AnjIO by tante@tldr.nettime.org
       2024-11-28T19:09:04Z
       
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       Bonus question: Free Software licenses demand that you do not discriminate use (in the license). Which is why you cannot put "not for use in drones" in the license.But if I license my code as MIT or whatever and in addition say: "If you work for Palantir, your emails will be used to make your use of the library harder and otherwise thrown in the trash" would that affect whether the powers that be consider the project free software?
       
 (DIR) Post #AstdimJLKyNrejmhHc by RangerRick@redwombat.social
       2024-11-28T18:19:22Z
       
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       @tante maybe we need something like a “public benefits company” type pledge that goes beyond licensing, but has known levels/standards like Creative Commons.
       
 (DIR) Post #AstdinNdMVPUyKndbs by tante@tldr.nettime.org
       2024-11-28T18:21:24Z
       
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       @RangerRick it is a bit of an inverse though: A public benefit corporation says something about its own actions. I am looking for a project that tries to curb certain behaviors in users
       
 (DIR) Post #AstdioHe0GDHm30Mue by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-04-08T23:30:07Z
       
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       (1/?)@tante > I am looking for a project that tries to curb certain behaviors in usersSpeaking as a user, I choose software under software freedom licenses precisely because I don't want projects who develop it to have any power over my behaviour. I don't think that's something any technology project ought to have or want;https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/ethical-technology-and-political@RangerRick
       
 (DIR) Post #AsteKlstN77TKxWq9I by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-04-08T23:37:11Z
       
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       (2/?)@tante> open source project> enforces other social rules or makes political, ethical or social norms for the intended use of the project explicitPick one. If a project makes any rules at all for how the software is used, it doesn't meet the Open Source Definition;"6. No Discrimination Against Fields of EndeavorThe license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor."https://opensource.org/osd
       
 (DIR) Post #Astecnf3VKLc3neZnc by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-04-08T23:40:28Z
       
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       (3/3)If it's distributed under a "traditional license", but users have to agree to some other set of conditions to use it, it doesn't meet the OSD either;"7. Distribution of LicenseThe rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed without the need for execution of an additional license by those parties."https://opensource.org/osd