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(mindless wishful thinking will not make the problem go away - GPL is NOT an appropriate license for work that can be twisted to enemy purposes) |
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There are issues with using a strict GPL license base for all our work here: | There are issues with using a strict GPL license base for all our work here: | ||
While APC is an attempt to build a solid [[instructional capital]] base that will be available for all such profits to use, there appears to be no common [[value system]], e.g. no requirement that the nonprofits only be devoted to say [[green purposes]], and no protections against destructive nonprofits. A [[Global Warming promotion society]] or an [[arms industry lobby group]] could also use these same tools to do vast harm. Or, use a modified [[Consumerium]] to compete directly as per [[worst cases]]. So there probably are reasons why this whole project should not all be licensed under GPL like Action Apps is. | While APC is an attempt to build a solid [[instructional capital]] base that will be available for all such profits to use, there appears to be no common [[value system]], e.g. no requirement that the nonprofits only be devoted to say [[green purposes]], and no protections against destructive nonprofits. A [[Global Warming promotion society]] or an [[arms industry lobby group]] could also use these same tools to do vast harm. Or, use a modified [[Consumerium]] to compete directly as per [[worst cases]]. So there probably are reasons why this whole project should not all be licensed under GPL like Action Apps is. See [[Consumerium Software License]] for more discussion on this issue. | ||
http://www.apc.org/actionapps/english/dev/mission.html | http://www.apc.org/actionapps/english/dev/mission.html |