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I've been working in a software license and I'm not done with it yet and I want feedback (constructive would be nice) about this, I know this is a topic that many people are very locked in their views. Not trying to ruffle feathers just trying to make another foss license.

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librekitty 6mo ago

section 5 makes this a non-FOSS license, disregarding that:

you probably want to talk to a lawyer about making a license (unless you are a lawyer) in order to make sure it's actually valid

and personally, i don't believe in "forcing goodness" through license

IMO FOSS is about providing openly to the world, and hoping people _choose_ to do good things with/for the project (stuff like contributing back, donating, and not using the code to build nukes 😜)

hope this is a useful perspective to you 💜

and good luck with the license ✨

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RogueHashrate 6mo ago

Section 5 is the part I was most iffy about, my goal is to allow use but to get something in return in the form of improving the software but at the same time the original developer should have a say in rather he even wants to enforce the license, but I do agree that the forcing people to be "good" isn't the best way but I don't really know how else to go about it without basically making it like the GPL that basically this licence cant be removed for any reason. I'm trying to find a good middle ground, but it's challenging. But thank you for your feedback 😁