You can't open-source license morality | Linux Today

You can’t open-source license morality

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Sep 25, 2019

After developers pushed Chef Software to cut ties with ICE, there have been renewed calls for open-source licenses, which include morality clauses. For better or worse, such licenses aren’t open source nor are they enforceable.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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