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

[Russell McOrmond]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 12:35 PM Russell Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:

>
> On 3/9/20 4:52 PM, Coraline Ada Ehmke wrote:
> > Not responding to this thread anymore, feel free to carry on without me.
>
> No response to my observation that the OSD and ESD solve different
> problems (one the distribution and changing of software and the other
> use of software)? None?


There was no response to any of my messages either, given if the goal is
ethics and the protection of human rights as it relates to software then
this policy goal is served by dis-empowering software owners, not
empowering them.

Everything I need to know about "Ethical Source" was stated by Caroline on
March 1'st in a tweet.
"I think the fundamental thing that bothers me the most about the OSD 1.x
is that it grants rights downstream, but doesn’t give the creators any real
rights. And that’s a major difference between open and #EthicalSource —
ethical source is about empowering creators."
https://twitter.com/CoralineAda/status/1234307401169408001


Good luck and bon voyage!
>

It is hard for me not to feel exploited by a group of people who want to
abuse decades of my work in order to to oppose my policy goals.  I find it
hard to understand why a group that wants the work of authors to not be
abused by others seems to be so willing to do so themselves.

-- 
Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>

"The government, lobbied by legacy copyright holders and hardware
manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer, home theatre, or portable
media player from my cold dead hands!" http://c11.ca/own
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