[linusnext]

Figured a license change was in order given the Gab use case.

[mwyah]

Now this would be a dangerous precedent, if I've ever heard of one.

[sascha_sl]

And how would you do that? There is no copyright assignment happening here.

[philpem]

It'd also be expensive and damn close to impossible to enforce.

You say "Assholes aren't allowed to use this code" and Major-General Asshole will use it anyway -- because he's an Asshole.

Some battles simply aren't worth the resource cost of fighting them.

[swiley]

I've noticed the mastodon user community makes an unusual amount of impossible demands like that. I really wonder why.

[philpem]

Sometimes a public statement of intent is worth it.

[kgraves]

You cannot prevent that usecase from happening ever. Bad actors will always use open source software.