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Ethical source licenses #2225

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I drafted this because I had put together an IM on this topic and thought it would be easy to capture that as a CC too. Unfort, what I've drafted is a bit askew of a CC but I am not sure I have knowledge to try to develop further into a blog article.

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Missing link?

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At the same time, a chemical manufacturer often has little or no control over how their product is ultimately used once it is sold.
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Two ethical open-source licenses are currently available; the [Hippocratic License](https://firstdonoharm.dev/learn/) and the [Do No Harm License]().
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Missing the link to the "Do No Harm License".

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fixed. removed.

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This *viral* design sought to supercede proprietary interests and ensure that software remains a shared resource free to be modified and redistributed.
Legally speaking, GPL prevents commercial companies developing proprietary software from using any GPL software in their products.

Eventually, commercial interests subverted this design and permissive open source licenses took hold.
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I don't believe it was just commercial interests that didn't like the GPL and it's viral aspect. I recall that many open source advocates disliked it as well. The more permissive licenses: BSD, MIT, etc. I believe might actually pre-date the GPL and as such were not reactions to the GPL (as is kind of implied here).

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I stand corrected and did not know this tidbit prior to reading material about licensing. Thank you. Content substantially revised making the above now no longer applicable.

@markcmiller86 markcmiller86 changed the title Ethical open source licenses Ethica source licenses Jan 23, 2025
@markcmiller86 markcmiller86 changed the title Ethica source licenses Ethical source licenses Jan 23, 2025
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This now reads more like a blog or original article. It is def. no longer a CC.

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Very nice article. Thanks!

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@bartlettroscoe I added one sentence about checmicals. Please have a look. Sorry for change after review.

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New sentences look fine to me.

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But, these restrictions are rarely if ever based on *ethical* considerations and are instead based on things like environmental or human health impacts often supported by a volume of scientific evidence.

Two good examples to consider are ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.
Two good example chemicals to consider are ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.
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New sentences look fine.

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Ok, followed @ksbeattie advice and found an article to curate from this article. Adjusted text slightly to accomodate that curation but didn't change meaning. @rinkug I think this is ready to carry forward as needed.

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With the new Wikipedia article as the main CC article, I think this is a legitimate CC article.

CuratedContent/EthicalOpenSource.md
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Resource title | Wikipedia Article on the Organization for Ethical Source
Authors | Various
Website | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Ethical_Source
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Okay, that is a balanced article (and you might even say it is more negative that positive about the ethical software license movement).

With this Wikipedia article the main CC, I think you can classify this as a CC article.

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@betterscientificsoftware/bssw-maint this is ready to publish. That said, it does currently include the inclusivity metadata and I will expect anyone carrying it forward to replace that as appropriate.

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