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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 23:22:12 JST iced depresso
   does anyone else think its real weird how much corpos get really mad if you put like "don't do evil" in a license or a motto
   
   like they all know they are shitlords cause you say that and they are like :blobcatree: NOOOO
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 23:22:10 JST 翠星石

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     @icedquinn >if you put like "don't do evil" in a license or a motto
     Do not do this, that makes the license proprietary as that infringes on freedom 0.
     
     "evil" is subjective, what you think is evil and what a typical business thinks is evil is almost always radically different.
     
     Copyright does not cover the usage of software, only distribution and modification by the way - unfortunately attempts to restrict usage are sadly often possible under contract terms.
     
     One example of such proprietary software license is the original JSON license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#JSON
     
     
     If you want to make corpos seethe, you should write the best software you possibly can and license it under the AGPLv3+ - nothing makes corpos seethe more than excellent software that can't be made proprietary.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 23:32:52 JST 翠星石

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     @icedquinn >because it ultimately expires to FOSS
     Software licensed under the BSLv1.1 is typically gratis, source available, proprietary software from the get go.
     
     
     The BSLv1.1 is shoddily written, but it seems by default it "turns" into the GPLv2-or-later after 4 years (even then, I'm not sure if the "Change License" mechanism is actually a legally valid way to license copyright).
     
     By the way, the last time I checked, the GPLv2 was a free software license that doesn't say "open" in it.
     
     >SSPL
     That's another proprietary license typically used on gratis, source-available, proprietary software.
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     MattZ (colinsmatt11@gleasonator.com)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 23:32:53 JST MattZ

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     @icedquinn Freedom 0 shouldn't be compromised thou.
     It's the only reason I despise BSL and copycats.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 23:32:53 JST iced depresso

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     @colinsmatt11 BSL does not bother me because it ultimately expires to FOSS.
     
     SSPL is a fuck because it doesn't.