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173: The Ethical Open Source Movement
02:22 - Coraline Talks About Her Work With The Open Source Movement
- Seth Vargo: @sethvargo
- The Open Source License - The Hippocratic License
- Bruce Perens
08:14 - Who Wrote The Open Source License
- The Libertarian Platform
- Balancing Our Individual Freedoms With Societal Good
10:26 - The Open Source Initiative
11:25 - Licensing And The Evolution Of Open Source
- Realizing The Impact Of Open Source On Human Society
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
- Procrastination
- Assimilation
- Revolution
18:43 - Litigation Thoughts
- Promoting Arbitration Over Litigation
- Advantages Of Adopting The License
- Putting The Power In The Hands Of The Creators
23:31 - Creators’ Rights
- Corporations Are Benefiting From The Free Labor Of The Community
26:00 - Tying The Hippocratic License To Open Source
- The Declaration of Human Rights
- Matt Boehm: @bigolewannabe
- Accepting Critique
- The Ethical Source Working Group
28:48 - Other Prongs Of Approach Other Than The License
- Scholarship
30:50 - Coraline’s Candidacy For The OSI Board
34:00 - What Open Source Means To The Panelists
38:50 - The Concept Of Community
- How Maintainers Have Changed Their Relationships With Communities
- Writing Values And Aspirations In Codes Of Conduct
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