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0 pointsm4639mo ago0 comments

reminds me of jslint

author added "must be used for good, not evil" to the license

...and IBM asked for an exception.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSLint#License

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5138866

note that restricting use of software makes it non-free gpl-wise.

RMS said the GPL does not restrict rights of the USER of software, just that when the software is redistributed, the rights are passed along.

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kentonv9mo ago

Good old Douglas Crockford. He also put the "must be used for good, not evil" restriction on JSON, which he invented. Obviously JSON is used for all kinds of evil, though.

A much younger, more naive me (~20 years ago) actually emailed him to complain about the ambiguous terms and he replied saying something to the effect of "It's obviously unenforceable, get over it."

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