[License-review] For Approval: Twente License

Anand Chowdhary anandchowdhary at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 07:38:55 UTC 2019


Hi Carlo,

Thank you for your feedback.

My intension was not to enforce the law, but rather what is in my opinion is the right thing to do. I understand that you think that the concept of mixing open-source with laws/ethics is misguided. However, I don’t think enforcing privacy is rubbish, and I thought licenses could be a great way to do it.

I would like to thank you for your feedback and opinion; I saw your website (law.piana.eu) and see that you specialize in free-software law—especially in the EU—and I highly value your opinion. Thank you again, I will definitely think further about what you said.

Anand
On 6 Feb 2019, 08:24 +0100, Carlo Piana <carlo at piana.eu>, wrote:
> Deeply against conflating law-abiding provision with licenses. They don't belong there, the entire concept is wrong. Plus, controlling that software doesn't do acts against the law is vague, it changes as law progresses.
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> Open source MUST be allowed to do illegal things. It is not up to the copyright owners to perform law enforcement. And something that's illegal for someone is legal for others. Spyware is a good example. Something is illegal someplace might be even compulsory elsewhere.
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> Please leave this rubbish out of licensing.
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> Carlo
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> > 5 feb 2019 ha scritto:
> > > > Name: Twente License
> > > >
> > > > Rationale: The MIT license is the most popular open-source license out there. It's used by millions of projects and helps the community by providing open access to code, so that developers can build on top of the hard work done by others. However, in light of recent events where companies are financially motivated to disregard individual privacy, developers should choose wisely who can use their intellectual property or codebases.
> > > >
> > > > Distinguish: Twente License is free and permissive—just like the MIT license—but it adds a clause where the end product in which Twente licensed code can be used has to be compliant with certain guidelines, primarily respecting privacy, human rights, and other European values.
> > > >
> > > > Legal review: I’ve had a lawyer informally have a look, but no in-depth legal review has been conducted.
> > > >
> > > > Proliferation category: Other/Miscellaneous licenses (5)
> > > >
> > > > Relevant links:
> > > >
> > > > • https://github.com/AnandChowdhary/twente-license
> > > > • https://twente.me/anand
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please find attached the license in plain text.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Anand Chowdhary
> > > > Chief Executive Officer
> > > > Oswald Labs
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