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

[Russell McOrmond]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 6:47 PM Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

> Impugning motives openly in a public discussion tends to have a variety
> of poisonous effects,


Rick,

Using the loaded term "ethics" in the title of a group has the same
poisonous effects on conversations, essentially suggesting that anyone who
disagrees with the methods of the group are somehow "unethical".

I believe everyone understands the poisonous aspects of these types of
conversation, and avoiding that type of poison destroying software
communities is one of many reasons why the non-discriminatory clauses of
the OSD exists.

After explaining these core problems and being ignored, I don't see why it
is wrong to wonder if there is something different going on here than is
being publicly claimed.
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