This is peak licensing
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).
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?
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.
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
“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*
