[License-discuss] Thoughts on the subject of ethical licenses

[Brendan Hickey]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 12:29 PM Coraline Ada Ehmke <coraline at idolhands.com>
wrote:

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> > On Mar 8, 2020, at 1:33 PM, Chris Travers <chris at metatrontech.com>
> wrote:
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> > To clarify I think that any license which demands deference to one
> > side of a controversial social or political line over another to never
> > be considered OSI approved.  I think that's far more intrusive than
> > restrictions on how a piece of software may be used.
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> Can you provide an example of an ethical source license that is based on a
> controversial social or political line?
>

The UN Human Rights Council habitually passes resolutions condemning
Israel. The Hippocratic License appeals to human rights law. Can the
government of Israel use code licensed under the Hippocratic License? Can
Soda Stream?

Brendan

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