text and quick thoughts
The Hippocratic License: Hippocratic License 3.0
Version 3.0 of the Hippocratic License, an ethical open source license created by the Organization for Ethical Source.
First Read: The Fair Source License
Text and my first thoughts on a new, non-open source form license
Invasion of The Ethical Licenses
About 23 years ago, I created the Debian Free Software Guidelines to help the Debian developers decide what software was permissible to include in Debian, which aspired to be 100% Free Software, and what should be consigned to a "non-free" repository upon which Debian would never depend. Nine months later, those guidelines became the Open Source Definition, and I announced Open Source to the world.
Decoding Liberation: The Promise of Free and Open Source Software
Choice Outstanding Academic Title Software is more than a set of instructions for computers: it enables (and disables) political imperatives and policies. Nowhere is the potential for radical social and political change more apparent than in the practice and movement known as
A guestbook and welcome message for my atproto PDS - dame.is
We all know by now that I believe in the lexicon black market and an enjoy illegal atproto records. It's not my fault that Bluesky PBC allowed for such shenanigans! If the good lord had intended for us to walk, she wouldn't have invented roller skates.
The Anti-Capitalist Software License
A software license towards a world beyond capitalism.
Seeking Comment: Copyright Notice Recommendation
first stab at a pragmatic best-practice guide
Technologist Hippocratic Oath
An optional oath for building ethically considered experiences