You're Probably Breaking the Llama Community License

https://notes.victor.earth/youre-probably-breaking-the-llama-community-license/

#HackerNews #LlamaCommunityLicense #BreakingLicense #OpenSource #CommunityGuidelines #SoftwareEthics

So, I'm (still) looking for work (senior Python backend developer with experience at a lot of other things, if you're curious). And the job postings I'm looking at bear a noticeable difference from the last time I had to actively look for a job a few years back.

I keep seeing stuff that's anywhere between borderline-unethical and inarguably-unethical-bordering-on-illegal.

An example I saw today was for a back-end developer. They didn't outright say it, but I got the impression they're building an "AI" model, or possibly selling training material to those that do. The "must-haves" for the position included wording to the effect of "extensive experience defeating anti-scraping measures".

Twenty years ago, that posting would have been on the dark web; actively working to defeat website operators / content owners protections of their web content? And today, that's just perfectly fine to put in a listing on a major job site?

Have the ethics of my industry slipped into the sewer in the last five years, and I just didn't notice until now?

#software #engineering #ethics #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareEthics #job #posting #JobPosting #unethical

Working for these gambling companies is no better than selling drugs IMO. They don't make all that money from occasional betting, they make it by preying on people like this. These firms need people with a high degree of technical skill to operate; if we agreed not to help them, they'd be stuck.

#softwareethics #gambling

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/01/i-lost-10-years-of-my-life-how-uk-betting-giants-unlawful-marketing-kept-suicidal-gambler-hooked

Should software developers decide what information is considered personal or sensitive?

The same data may mean nothing in one context but could explicitly identify you in another.

#SoftwareEthics

Liebe Microsoft-Fans,

ich habe schon häufiger die hypothetische Frage gestellt:
"Was müsste Microsoft tun, wo für Euch eine Grenze überschritten ist, dass Ihr es nicht mehr ok findet?
Was wäre z.B., wenn Microsoft alle Tastatureingaben aufzeichnet und an MS-Server schickt?"

Jetzt geht Microsoft sogar soweit und macht alle 5 Sekunden Screenshots. Ist die Grenze jetzt überschritten?

#Microsoft #SoftwareEthics #EthicalComputing

Thoughts 💭 on how we are all to blame for recent security issues in the major open-source projects, and what we can do to change that.

https://bartosz.blog/articles/why-do-we-even-bother-with-the-open-source

#opensource #donations #xz #xzBackdoor #curl #software #softwaredevelopment #developerresponsibility #softwareethics

phone stolen; scamming, threats; safety concern, privacy concern

#EthicsInSoftware #SoftwareEthics