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1. cosmojg ◴[] No.44503124[source]
Oh man, Brut's HIPPOCRATIC LICENSE[1] is interesting! Just excerpting bits of Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 for example:

  * 3.1. The Licensee SHALL NOT, whether directly or indirectly, through agents
   or assigns:
[...]

    * 3.1.12. Taliban: Be an individual or entity that:
      
      * 3.1.12.1. engages in any commercial transactions with the Taliban; or
      
      * 3.1.12.2. is a representative, agent, affiliate, successor, attorney, or
        assign of the Taliban;
   
    * 3.1.13. Myanmar: Be an individual or entity that:
      
      * 3.1.13.1. engages in any commercial transactions with the
        Myanmar/Burmese military junta; or
      
      * 3.1.13.2. is a representative, agent, affiliate, successor, attorney, or
        assign of the Myanmar/Burmese government;
   
    * 3.1.14. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: Be an individual or entity, or a
      representative, agent, affiliate, successor, attorney, or assign of any
      individual or entity, that does business in, purchases goods from, or
      otherwise benefits from goods produced in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
      Region of China;
[...]

  * 3.2. The Licensee SHALL:

   * 3.2.1. Provide equal pay for equal work where the performance of such work
     requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which are performed
     under similar working conditions, except where such payment is made
     pursuant to:
     
     * 3.2.1.1. A seniority system;
     
     * 3.2.1.2. A merit system;
     
     * 3.2.1.3. A system which measures earnings by quantity or quality of
       production; or
     
     * 3.2.1.4. A differential based on any other factor other than sex, gender,
       sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, caste, age,
       medical disability or impairment, and/or any other like circumstances
       (See 29 U.S.C.A. § 206(d)(1); Article 23, United Nations Universal
       Declaration of Human Rights; Article 7, International Covenant on
       Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 26, International Covenant
       on Civil and Political Rights); and
   
   * 3.2.2. Allow for reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic
     holidays with pay (See Article 24, United Nations Universal Declaration of
     Human Rights; Article 7, International Covenant on Economic, Social and
     Cultural Rights).
[1] https://firstdonoharm.dev/version/3/0/cl-eco-media-my-tal-xu...
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2. wavemode ◴[] No.44503267[source]
All lovely ideals, but sadly means the project is not actually open source (by the official definition). And not compatible with the GPL and similar copyleft.
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3. mrsilencedogood ◴[] No.44503474[source]
People who try to enforce this stuff via license fundamentally misunderstand the nature of copyright law.

Do you plan to sue people to enforce your license? Do you think people who are committing war crimes / crimes against humanity are going to not violate your license alongside all their other crimes?

The only thing this license accomplishes is ensuring no even semi-serious business will touch this with a 10' pole because it's a completely bespoke license with no prior understanding by their legal counsel. But you can already basically do that via the AGPL, except that some companies who are well-meaning may actually still use it.

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4. davetron5000 ◴[] No.44503554[source]
I didn't come up with the license. You can read about it here: https://firstdonoharm.dev/

I didn't want the code to be All Rights Reserved, so I chose the best license I could find that communicates my desires - I assume that's what most people do when choosing a license?

I'm OK if a "semi serious business" don't want to use my software.

5. dmix ◴[] No.44503573[source]
Usually a signal of a personal/hobby project not to be taken seriously.
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7. F3nd0 ◴[] No.44505660[source]
And not free software, either. A shame. :/