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shruubitoday at 3:35 AM1 replyview on HN

I understand the intention of what the author is trying to achieve, but I think the problem they will run into is how do you define "evil" in a legal document or license? There is a subset of acts and beliefs that wider society has deemed "evil", but I doubt large corporations are actively supporting sexual assault, torture, murder etc. What the author is referring to is things they find morally reprehensible but do not reach the level of the aforementioned acts enough to be expressly illegal and evil (and whether they are or not, IANAL).


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yeputonstoday at 3:41 AM

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5138866 - a person gave permission for IBM to "use JSLint for evil".