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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[-] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

You should only use this license for projects you essentially want to fail in that way. If you want to ensure something you made does not get used for fuckery(say, for example, a virus you made for fun), you can use it. It's a very niche license, but that doesn't make it bad.

[-] Colloidal@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Okay, but how about you address my question now? If the effects are the same as GPL but it has a lot of downsides, why would you use it? What is its selling point?

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