• superkret@feddit.org
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    23 days ago

    The FSF also lists any software as non-free which uses the beer license (use the software in any way you want, and should you ever meet the author, pay them a beer).

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      23 days ago

      I thought it was free as in speech not free as in beer? So if it costs a beer then isn’t it still free (as in speech)? Or is this a OSI vs FSF difference?

  • ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social
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    23 days ago

    Everybody gangsta with the “don’t be evil” clause until the authors turn out to be a nutjob who thinks trans people are blights against God and must be exterminated.

    I doubt (or at least hope) that that’s not what they think, but hopefully that illustrates why the clause is dumb.

  • TheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.ml
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    21 days ago

    This gave me a brilliant idea:

    • Everyone adds a clause to whatever license they use stating “any part of this software may not be used for war purposes of any kind”
    • We wait until software with these licences is spread across the supply chain of everything on Earth
    • World peace, as no country would be legally allowed to wage war
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      21 days ago

      “Vladimir Putin, you are under arrest for war crimes.”

      “It was a special military operation! It was all the fault of the Nazis!”

      “No, not for all that. You’re under arrest for violating the GNU GPL! Prepare to meet your source, licencef*****!!!”

      *blam* *blam* *blam*