• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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    22 hours ago

    You can put a clause in the license saying the software cannot be used for the dissemination of hate speech. The open source community has discussed this and decided it goes against the principles of free software and open source.

    Says who? How can you authoritatively say the open source community has decided something collectively on this subject? That categorically doesn’t make sense on multiple different dimensions.

    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      Says the fact that it’s come up multiple times amongst a wide swath of the open source community, and look about you. Those licenses aren’t used. One or two exist and have a vanishingly small usage level and a couple more I have been “in progress” for years.
      The people who write most of the open source licenses have explanations for why it’s not compatible.

      Group behavior is a collective decision and a reflection of the group.