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Baba Yaga License (smallandnearlysilent.com)

submitted 1 week ago by exu@feditown.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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A baba yaga license!

Lobsters discussion where I found this

Putting on a hobby lawyering hat:
This line No mortal hand may twist it 'round. might technically not bind corporations, as they are different from natural people, i.e. mortals, in some jurisdictions.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Generally, preambles are not considered binding terms.

But this isn't open source. It restricts you from using it for profit.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

That's the one departure from open source that i can tolerate.