Sarven Capadisli

IANAL, but why isn't there a major push to update software licenses to explicitly prohibit their use by certain organisations as well as those engaged in unethical practices, such as surveillance, military, or exploitation? If such restrictions were introduced, how could they realistically be enforced?

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Jan 29, 2025 at 3:00pmWeb
Show threadwraptileJan 29, 2025
@csarven who'll be the arbiter of ethics here? The only license that actually works is copyleft tbh
Show threadJesseTongJan 29, 2025
@csarven I think the problem is that these licenses are usually ambiguous and unenforceable especially when these licenses only enforce copyright (and maybe also patent and trademark laws for some licenses) and not laws related to the uses of the software. It's better to keep current licenses and have frameworks to regulate the use of the softwares in the fields they're used, and even now many of these frameworks are either outdated or not adequately enforced (especially for corpos and govs).