Re: [License-discuss] Thoughts on the subject of ethical licenses

2020-03-11 Thread Robby O'Connor
I'm struggling to understand what enforcement mechanism they can use...because there isn't one legally that I can see... On 3/10/20 3:32 PM, Pamela Chestek wrote: > On 3/10/2020 1:32 PM, Russell McOrmond wrote: >> "I think the fundamental thing that bothers me the most about the OSD >> 1.x is that

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Dual Licensing for Justice

2020-03-11 Thread Robby O'Connor
Your licenses will fall apart on legal scrutiny. That's the issue, your licenses will not stop the humans rights violations you're trying to stop. They simply won't. Why? because you're not using frameworks to prevent such use with the backing of international law. On 3/6/20 4:47 PM, Coraline Ada

Re: [License-discuss] Thoughts on the subject of ethical licenses

2020-03-11 Thread Robby O'Connor
I've pointed out my concerns multiple times on Twitter. It's a cute thought experiment, but unfortunately will fall apart on legal scrutiny. I could see a court completely invalidating the Hippocratic License for example, either in whole or just the parts that exclude those like ICE, Palentir, etc.