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

[Gil Yehuda]

Josh you are always welcome to use my public conversations on this list in
your blog, with attribution. I appreciate the nod.

I'm not planning on blogging about this. I was going to record a podcast
today and then after doing a walkthrough of the talking points we decided
against it. My experience suggests that the costs outweigh the benefits
when it comes to matters so charged with "dog whistle" phrases. Even if I
simply pointed to a few examples of published text to illustrate how they
get in the way of what would otherwise be a more productive conversation,
I'd face pushback about doing so -- either in defense of the toxic
statement or in retribution for the assumed attack I was making. This is a
tough conversation to have in the open, I hope your blog is well received
by your readers. I look forward to reading it too.
Thanks again.

Gil Yehuda: I help with external technology engagement



On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 7:20 PM Josh Berkus <josh at berkus.org> wrote:

> On 3/12/20 8:12 AM, Gil Yehuda via License-discuss wrote:
> > 1. I created this code.
> > 2. I seek to display it for others to see. Perhaps comment, improve, or
> > at least recognize me for it.
> > 3. I seek to allow many people to use this code too.
> > 4. For a particular set of reasons, I don't want some people or entities
> > to use my code.
> > 5. I want people who can use my code to be unable to circumvent my
> > restriction in #4.
> > 6. I might have other statements I want to make that are preserved in
> > the project.
> >
> > A lot of the conversation focused on the first part of #4 (or the
> > details of #6).
>
> oooh, nice summary.  A very succinct way of putting the issue.
>
> If you don't blog this, I'm gonna borrow it.
>
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> Josh Berkus
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