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by secfirstmd 3628 days ago
We actually thought about this with Umbrella App. "If used by a company involved in mass surveillance you agree to pay us 1 billion dollars etc." I don't think it's impossible but it would mess up the usefulness of the GPL/MIT system. Of course, the hard part about any GPL/MIT system etc is the enforcement bit.
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I think most companies would contract for a home built solution rather than risk bankruptcy, assuming that term was even enforceable.
It was a tongue-in-cheek thought. But it would be interesting to know how many companies of various types regularly break the provisions and spirit of open source licensing.