• Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Closed licenses are arguably better for certain left projects, particularly self-contained ones. You can use bourgeois legal nonsense to stop corpos from using your work.

    I’ve seen anti-war people write open source code that ended up getting used to help fly war drones.

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      1 year ago

      Closed licenses are arguably better for certain left projects

      What about licenses that restrict the software from being used in a certain way? I think I’ve heard of at least one open-source license that disallows the software from being used in the military industry.

      • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        I like the idea a lot but my understanding is that they’re unenforceable. I’d go with one of those if I thought they worked, though.