Editing Problems with free software and open source models
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:''position'' - there should be quite specific hard restrictions on use of any [[Consumerium License]] software, at least, what a [[Consortium license]] tends to contain: "no using this software to set up your own competing consortium." This can probably be accomplished with [[share alike]] terms and other variants that might even be directly supported under [[Creative Commons]]' [[parametric license]]. | :''position'' - there should be quite specific hard restrictions on use of any [[Consumerium License]] software, at least, what a [[Consortium license]] tends to contain: "no using this software to set up your own competing consortium." This can probably be accomplished with [[share alike]] terms and other variants that might even be directly supported under [[Creative Commons]]' [[parametric license]]. | ||
2. ''issue'' - No party with power to sue. Under [[GPL]] and other free software licenses, "the community" is assumed to exist and have some powers of persuasion, but they have no | 2. ''issue'' - No party with power to sue. Under [[GPL]] and other free software licenses, "the community" is assumed to exist and have some powers of persuasion, but they have no powers to actually force the license terms to be met. Consortium and private licenses, and some open source licenses like the [[BSD]], specify exactly who can and must act to protect license integrity. | ||
:''position'' - the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] should have the power to sue those who abuse the license terms. Anyone else might have the right to sue for harms done by that abuse, and the CGO should be obligated to provide certain help. For instance, an organic jam maker whose product is shoved off the shelves by a commercial food enterprise that deliberately tries to create confusion in the Consumerium system with competing software, should be able to make claims and have them supported by the CGO in the courts. | :''position'' - the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] should have the power to sue those who abuse the license terms. Anyone else might have the right to sue for harms done by that abuse, and the CGO should be obligated to provide certain help. For instance, an organic jam maker whose product is shoved off the shelves by a commercial food enterprise that deliberately tries to create confusion in the Consumerium system with competing software, should be able to make claims and have them supported by the CGO in the courts. |