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New License Forbids Human Rights Violations?

Posted by michael on from the worth-the-paper-it-is-printed-on dept.

KjetilK writes "A new license published by Hacktivismo, builds on Free Software licenses but adds clauses to "promote fundamental human rights of end-users". For those deeply involved in politics, this is a good idea, but Free Software Licenses have traditionally placed no restrictions on use." There's a news article about this as well.

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  1. Perfect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exactly what OSS needs, more licensing politics. I'm waiting for the GNU/Vegan license.

  2. What's next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This software specificall encourages communism, homosexualism, no-good tree hugging and ungodly worship?"

    Oh! The humanity!

  3. Re:Umm by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 5, Funny

    The software authors'.

    They believe that they can subvert the democratic processes of their own and others' countries by writing a steganography program with a bizarre license.

  4. Re:Good intentions, but... by DJPenguin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that a "gansta" version of the Charter?

  5. Re:Oh really? by PastorOfMuppets · · Score: 5, Funny
    " I for one am deeply involved in politics, and this is obviously a horrible idea."

    I agree, you should definitely get out of politics. :)

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    If you don't have anything nice to say, shut up you stupid prick.
  6. Re:Too vague? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I can just imagine the court case...

    "As well as your convictions for leading your country in 20 years of ethnic cleansing, we wish to charge you with violation of the end user license for some software..."

  7. I'm a fifth level Vegan by spun · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't eat anything that casts a shadow.

    My friend is a third level vegan. She won't eat anything with eyes, so potatoes are out.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
    1. Re:I'm a fifth level Vegan by mark.scott · · Score: 2, Funny

      How did you beat the end of level 4 baddie? I kept eating it but couldn't destroy it to get onto level 5...

  8. RIFP or RIFPC? by benja · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hmmm, isn't that "Ransom It For the Peace Corps" (RIFPC)? I thought Ransom It For Peace was,

    #1. Develop a good piece of software.
    #2. Choose any currently ongoing war.
    #3. Put a ransom on your software.
    #4. Once the war has been settled peacefully -- you open-source it!

    Ok, it has to be a pretty good piece of software for those warmongers to make peace because of it, but when has a challenge stopped a real hacker?

  9. I can just imagine... by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    somewhere in the EULA for the next version of KDevelop.... ...By using this software, you agree to turn to the KDE side and forever renounce GNOME. Furthermore, you agree that any end-user of any software product developed with KDevelop will be bound to the same terms of use...

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  10. In other news, by ScottForbes · · Score: 2, Funny
    A joint UN/FSF team performed a "surprise" inspection of Saddam Hussein's laptop earlier today, to ensure that the dictator was not using HESSLA-licensed software. A UN spokesperson confirmed that the laptop, a Dell notebook running Windows DE, did not contain any software in violation of the license.

    Red Hat-equipped F-22 fighers continue to patrol the no-hack zone above northern and southern Iraq, as the world awaits Iraq's Dec. 8th software license report. FSF president Richard Stallman declared yesterday that Iraq would be in "material breach" of its licenses if the Dec. 8th report was incomplete; MSFT chairman Bill Gates dissented, however, saying that the report alone would not be sufficient to breach the HESSLA license.