Adopt the Just World License
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I would love to see Stryker adopt the Just World License: https://github.com/raisely/jwl
See https://medium.com/@jeremynagel/is-open-source-working-for-the-enemy-80f113ca1b0 for rationale.
Wow, awesome initiative. I'm definitely going to discus this with our company.
A question. If the build is taking 4 hours longer because of Stryker, which means the server is consuming more power, which means that the power plant is burning more coal considered "environmental destruction" according to the license?
Another question: is it ethical to use JWL software if you're working for an oil company for example?
Another question: is it ethical to use JWL software if you're working for an oil company for example?
If this pull request is approved then it's definitely not.
If we were to adapt this license we would lose some of the apache-2.0 license goodies. Also, how many changes to the license can we expect in the near future when it becomes more popular and gets more pull-requests? And how will the people at jwl judge what standpoints are going to be included and which are not going to be included? Everyones opinion about a "Just world" is different and one thing that is not acceptable to one person might be to another.
I like the initiative but above points are questions I'd like a good answer on personally.
Thanks guys for considering the license. We'll lock down a 0.1 of the license as it is now so you can have some stability, and work towards a 1.0.
In terms of what it ideologically encompasses, it's pretty stable barraing someone bringing up a glaring omission. I'd welcome any input on things we can do to make our standpoint clearer.
Can I check what apache-2.0 aspects you'd miss?
I've frozen an initial release at 0.1 if you're keen to use this now
The Open Source Consortium has a baseline definition for licenses for open source software.
Two of these criteria conflict with the JtW license because they are about discrimination:
5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.
6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
Source: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated
Because of this, I don't think we should adopt the JtW license.