alt Hacker NewsJust make it GPL, there is no chance evil company would tolerate the enforcement of giving back, let alone lawyers to make sure they comply.
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kazinator • today at 4:44 AM
GPL does not prohibit evil uses. You can put GPLed crap in weapons systems that are used for striking civilian targets.
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surgical_fire • today at 3:02 AM
Specifically GPL3 or AGPL. Having worked for Big Tech in the past, those two licences were verboten.
GPL does not restrict the USE of the software.
The rights are for the USER and he may use it for any purpose.
The responsibility comes with redistribution - you must pass the source code and along any modifications you have made - passing on the rights you received.
basically any restriction on the use makes it not free software.