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[-] spauldo@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

A license that has restrictions like that doesn't meet the criteria to call itself "open source."

[-] dubba@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Free/libre software is not the same as open source, but I agree that it is difficult to enforce prohibitions with source available.

[-] spauldo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

No, I mean that item number 6 of the Open Source Definition specifically states you cannot restrict the use of the software for any particular field or endeavor. That includes use in military applications.

If you have restrictions like that in your license, it's not open source.

[-] raven@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Broke: "corporations are people"

Woke: "Militaries are people"

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