Software license tied to human rights - to protect privacy etc..
Posted on 02/12/02 15:43 by                              
Software license tied to human rights - to protect privacy etc..

New software licence agreement released this week aims to protect privacy, free expression, and human rights. Hacktivismo has written up a open source licence agreement that would protect the code from being used as spyware, blocking areas of the web or spying on users.

Move over, free software. Step aside, today's open-source licenses.
Software distributed under an "enhanced source" license released this week will be legally prohibited from censoring or spying on users.

Crafted by Hacktivismo, a hacking group organized by the Cult of the Dead Cow, the Hacktivismo enhanced-source software license agreement says that anyone using code released under it must respect privacy, free expression, due process and other human rights.

This is a small move in the right direction of protecting the rights of both coders and users. You can learn more about this at News.com or discuss it in the CDFreaks Living Room.

Source: News.com

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By LRR, Monday 02 December 2002 18:34
Politicians have fucked up so much that hacking groups are there to ensure human privacy rights ... a new way of life ...:7
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