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Figured a license change was in order given the Gab use case.

• sascha_sl 7y ago
  And how would you do that? There is no copyright assignment happening here.
  • philpem 7y ago
    It'd also be expensive and damn close to impossible to enforce. You say "Assholes aren't allowed to use this code" and Major-General Asshole will use it anyway -- because he's an Asshole. Some battles simply aren't worth the resource cost of fighting them.
    • swiley 7y ago
      I've noticed the mastodon user community makes an unusual amount of impossible demands like that. I really wonder why.
      • philpem 7y ago
        Sometimes a public statement of intent is worth it.
• mwyah 7y ago
  Now this would be a dangerous precedent, if I've ever heard of one.
• kgraves 7y ago
  You cannot prevent that usecase from happening ever. Bad actors will always use open source software.