Hi, A few questions on your proposal:
- What problems are we trying to solve? - How is this restriction compatible with an open (libre) license? - Isn't the "violation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights" already prosecuted by law? - If people are violating these rights, what would stop them to also violate a license agreement? Cheers. El 8/10/19 a las 7:11, Jared Hirsch via governance escribió: > Hi all, > > I'd like to suggest that we develop an MPL 2.0 variant that includes a > clause restricting the applications of open sourced work to uses that are > non-violent and respect human rights. > > I'm inspired to make this suggestion by a project I've recently learned > about, the Hippocratic License[1], which is an early stage effort to > constrain the usage of open-source software to applications which 'do no > harm'. The relevant clause (from the Hippocratic License version 1.1) is: > > "The software may not be used by individuals, corporations, governments, or > other groups for systems or activities that actively and knowingly > endanger, harm, or otherwise threaten the physical, mental, economic, or > general well-being of other individuals or groups in violation of the > United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights." > > I'm not a lawyer, and I don't know how enforceable such ethical clauses > might be, nor do I know what the unintended side effects of such a clause > might be, but I hope others find this concept worth exploring. > > Cheers, > > Jared > > [1] https://firstdonoharm.dev/ > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance -- Rubén Martín [Nukeador]
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