@juliaferraioli +1 and would like to add that #EthicalSource licensing matters too. And that ideological tensions between the permissiveness of some #FreeSoftware licensing and the more opinionated #CopyLeft licensing areas exist.

Myself I am concerned about protective licensing that may be taken as a prefigurative measure against unintended harmful consequences of the use of software. https://firstdonoharm.dev/ was recommended to me, seems quite comprehensive and rigorous, but still researching..

I just published "Dimensions of Digital Coercion", a paper that explores how attention, ergonomic, trust, and cultural coercion manifest in both the closed and open hemispheres of the internet-- and how we can start to resist these coercive forces.

https://ethicalsource.dev/publications/digital-coercion/

#EthicalSource

Check out my latest talk, "The World Set Free", recorded at RubyConf Australia a couple of weeks ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG759w1qfpI

#EthicalSource

There's already a lot going on with the Organization for Ethical Source (OES) in 2023!

First of all, we're happy to share that we have been granted our official 501(c)(3) non-profit status in the US! #EthicalSource

There have been a few of these articles this year which touch on #EthicalSource in #FOSS, I guess because *gestures around broadly*

But I've been thinking about it a lot myself because my project AssemblyLift is licensed under an ethical source license. It felt like a good idea and I wanted to try it on; I figured worst case it is easier to go strict -> permissive than the other way around if I changed my mind.

www.theregister.com/2023/01/01/foss_and_geopolitics/

Some have suggested that we write new software licenses that would prohibit unethical use (as mentioned in the article above). See https://ethicalsource.dev/

In my opinion it is quite unlikely that such a software license would be more effective than the #GPL has been in protecting #SoftwareFreedom for those who use Red Star OS.

That is to say: not at all.
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #OSS #EthicalSource #EthicalSoftware

This open ended opinion piece (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/01/foss_and_geopolitics/) from @ssharwood takes me back to Red Star OS (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS) and Red Flag Linux (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux).

If it is true that they are, or were, Red Hat Linux derivative distributions, they are based on the installer software I wrote when I worked there.

Of the two, reports of what Red Star OS is and does trouble me (personally speaking).
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #OSS #EthicalSource #EthicalSoftware

Feeling into right relationship with AI. Anyone have tips/connects on #OpenSourceAI? Better yet, #EthicalSource.

👋 To everyone in the #twittermigration, welcome here! I was on mastodon.social for a while. Here's my #introduction:

I'm a public servant, #opensource software developer (#python, #django) and an #ethicalsource advocate and OES board member. I'm also a recovering grad student studying critical political theory and I have strong views on the political work of software.

I also like #gaming, #photography, and #astronomy and #astrophotography. I'm a bit of a #coffee nerd, but not a snob (I hope!).

A major aspect about #ethical licensing many critics don't understand is that it's not about one's personal opinions on certain topics like #privacy, hate speech or climate change, but instead about protecting others who could be negatively affected by our #software itself or by licensees re-using it.

Just like #freedom of speech is not the freedom to harass others, software freedom is not the freedom to use software for inflicting harm on others.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #EthicalSource

A Defence of Ethical Licencing – Why #software freedom should not be equivalent to ignoring our responsibility for the #code we write.
https://forgoodeyesonly.codeberg.page/a-defence-of-ethical-licencing

#EthicalSource #FreeSoftware #licence #license #foss #OpenSource

Don’t want to support companies that extensively abet #ClimateChange? License your code #ForGoodEyesOnly to prevent misuse!

You can also modify the #licence text if you wish to. :cc: :ccby: :cc_sa: More info: https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only#for-good-eyes-only-licence

#ethical #license #codeberg #foss #floss #code #FreeSoftware #EthicalSource

#License your code #ForGoodEyesOnly to protect it from being misused by spreaders of #FakeNews! More information @codeberg@mastodon.technology: https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only#for-good-eyes-only-licence

#codeberg #code #licence #ethical #EthicalSource #FreeSoftware

After several weeks of editing, I can proudly announce that version 0.2 of my #Ethical #ForGoodEyesOnly Licence is now available for your #EthicalSource software!

Feel free to change the #licence text as you wish – it’s licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 :cc:

:gitea: #Git repo @codeberg@mastodon.technology: https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only
:pdf: [PDF summary](https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only/src/branch/master/v0.2/Summary%20v0.2.pdf)
:pdf: [PDF full-text](https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only/src/branch/master/v0.2/For%20Good%20Eyes%20Only%20Licence%20v0.2.pdf)
📜 [TXT full-text](https://codeberg.org/ForGoodEyesOnly/for-good-eyes-only/src/branch/master/v0.2/For%20Good%20Eyes%20Only%20Licence%20v0.2.txt)

#ForGoodEyesOnlyLicence #license #codeberg #CreativeCommons #cc #ccbysa #FreeSoftware

#ethicalsource
"Coraline is the founder of the Ethical source movement. Despite the name, it is actually distributing non-free licenses; non-free because they put restrictions on the usage of software licensed under it. If you use software under one of those licenses, and the author disagrees with you politically, the author can ban you from using that software."

libreboot.org/news/rms.html
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html

#freesoftware #fsf #rms

#Linux #GPL #FSF #Ethicalsource

Today is #ZeroDiscrimination day.

Humanitarian projects that rely on the freedoms guaranteed by the #OpenSource Definition, are under attack by so-called #EthicalSource special interests, who are trying to coopt the movement to replace those freedoms with discrimination.

If you're an OSI member, vote tomorrow for board members that will rise against this hostile takeover. If not, join as a member today then vote tomorrow. https://youtu.be/_zg4f30onZw

https://opensource.org/elections

Most folks I work with at the nexus of humanitarian work and #OpenSource are experienced enough to know one can't meaningfully lessen global-scale atrocities with something so simple & weak as a copyright infringement claim.

If you don't want people mis-using stuff you make, don't make stuff.

If you want reduce inequity & atrocities, give people working on those problems #FLOSS building blocks with OSI-approved licenses so they can more easily do their good work.

#EthicalSource #CopyleftConf