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Ask HN: License for restricting specific political-related usage?
1 point by Espionage724 on Aug 2, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
I host a public wiki of information. I don't mind what it's used for for the most part, but I don't particularly want any of it being used to benefit right-wing related groups.

Is there a license to host my content with in that case?




IANAL

Conceptually I believe the answer would be "yes". The license is just a contract and parties to it are free (within reason) to agree to whatever terms they like. For example, I believe it would be be "valid" to include a stipulation of something like for non-law-enforcement use only.

However, there are also protections against discrimination that my be in play here. For example, I would not place a restriction based on gender, race, or political affiliation on any offering without consulting a real lawyer.

This might be helpful: https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-cant-open-source-license-m...




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