The Ethical Source Movement
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“Ethical Source at WeTransfer”
“Do We Need to Rethink What Free Software Is?”
”#wontfix: endorsements can’t fix the Open Source Definition”
Six Myths about “ethical” open source licenses
Open Source is Broken
Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There
In the Press
Software freedom vs human freedom: A surge of activism is rocking open source developers, as programmers fight to stop their software from being used for ‘evil’
(Business Insider)
Ethical Open Source: Is the world ready?
Open source et Défense : les liaisons dangereuses sur fond d’éthique
(Lemonde Informatique)
An Open Source License That Requires Users to Do No Harm
(WIRED)
The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(BoingBoing)
The military-industrial complex cannot get enough of open source
(Computerworld)
Should Open Source Require ‘Freedom At All Costs’?
(The New Stack)
Can a modified MIT ‘Hippocratic License’ to restrict misuse of open source software prompt a wave of ethical innovation in tech?
(Packt)
Ethical Open Source Licence dilemma
(Open UK)
The Great Open Source Divide: ICE, Hippocratic License and the Controversy
(It’s FOSS)
You can’t open-source license morality
(ZDNet)
Related Efforts
Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) Ethical IP licencing
. An overview of IP-related tools for tech workers who care about human rights.
966.ICU
. An open source software license that advocates workers’ rights.
Do No Harm License
. A license for developers who write open source code to make the world a better place.
inno3
. A trademark-based contract for OSS maintainers.