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The Hippocratic License 3.0: An Ethical License for Open Source. (firstdonoharm.dev)

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Healthy open source communities don’t just form around code, but also around shared values and a vision for how their work can improve the world. The true measure of the success of open source is its impact— how the technologies we develop are leveraged to bring about positive social, cultural, and political change.

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[–] sirdorius@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

I get where this is coming from, and it's good to move away from the libertarian fantasy that technology is neutral. But in practice, it is very hard to actually use.

For example, you can't use any GPL code that you may want to include, as that forces your project to also become GPL. And anyone using your code would also have to walk on eggshells for licensing, and they would probably just avoid it in the first place.

It might be useful to some very specific end products, but this will likely not see a lot of adoption.