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by skybrian
444 days ago
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I also found that confusing. My guess as to what they mean is that if someone makes changes, they are not obligated to share them with the world? That is, they are against free and indiscriminate sharing, which would allow bad people to use their software. They link directly to this Q&A in the OSI FAQ: > Can I stop “evil people” from using my program? > No. The Open Source Definition specifies that Open Source licenses may not discriminate against persons or groups. Giving everyone freedom means giving evil people freedom, too. |
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Making the claim that OSI necessitates "genocide-friendly licenses" is not a constructive direction.
OP could conceivably have come up with an alternative license preserving the freedoms without allowing the uses they disagree with. They chose the easier path, which is by itself fine. Painting the entire FLOSS community as genocide enablers and claiming there is no middle ground as long as the author is not in complete control of all redistribution and derivatives ("right to refuse") is unnecessary.