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PETA Creates New Animal-Friendly Software License

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-animals-were-hurt-during-the-creation-of-this-story dept.

Anders writes "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the largest animal rights organization in the world, endorse a new FLOSS license. From the article: 'The Harm-Less Permissive License (HPL) is a permissive, non copyleft, software license. It is based on the FreeBSD license but with one additional restriction; the "harm-less" clause. It prevents software, licensed under the HPL, to be used for harming humans or animals.'" I guess this leaves the bunny-fueled power plant in Stockholm out in the cold.

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  1. Re:Insert PETA-VORE joke here by Pojut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What do PETA people call themselves

    People for the Eating of Tasty Animals!

    Some other favorites:

    Meat is murder. Tasty, tasty murder.

    And:

    For every animal you refuse to eat, I'm going to eat three.

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  2. Re:PETA is helping animals around the world. by kimvette · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I support anything that turns cows, sheep, and other tasty animals into chunks of meat - and that is what slaughterhouses are doing.

    PeTA is killing animals for sport, and letting the meat and other useful parts go to waste.

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