=> https://olmewe.com/notes/istsl/ A text from luna olmewe, the creator of this license, explaining why this license exists and some of the design choices made. I strongly recommend reading it to understand the situation.
I can't speak for every single person who were involved with the YunoHost development from the beginning, but most of the current main volunteers have approved the release of the GTS package I created and maintained under the "i'm so tired" license.
YunoHost already made the choice to permit apps “under an overall free license, but with clauses that restrict its use”, so the same for packages is in this continuity.
And even with software released under GPL (and it's derivatives, well know for “contaminating” all derived software with the identical license), the YunoHost package can use another license, because the package is not a “derivative work” but a totally distinct software program that installs another one.
Otherwise the world wouldn't be a complete hell for disabled people. I say that as a disabled person.
So yeah some things are inaccessible to some people, and as a disabled person, I really don't care if my software is not available to someone because of the “you must not endorse cops” clause.
> “this is anti-capitalist, anti-bigotry software, made by people who are tired of ill-intended organisations and individuals, and would rather not have those around their creations.”
I do NOT want my work used against me or people like me (so used to spread transphobia, ableism, eugenics, anti-poor speeches, etc.). I also do NOT want to help such people in their life. I do NOT want these people near me at all.
I don't want to help malicious, antisocial people or more specifically people who take advantage of the oppression that concern me (or anyone if fact) or who would like to see me in misery or dead. And yes, I assure you that such people exist.
They have basically access to everything. Not me. In my daily life I'm excluded from many things for various reasons I don't want to mention now. So yeah: fair return.
Maybe the self-selection I talked earlier in the “I want my work to be political” section is done here too, but in an insidious and disgusting way? (That's a rhetorical question, the answer is obviously “yes”.)
Ask any woman, any trans person, any BIPOC person, any disabled person how they are living their work in the marvelous (sarcasm) computer industry, you'll be surprised (no, lol).
- active activism against any oppression (based on gender, race, disabilities, age, etc);
- actively punish socially hurtful people (that's what the "i'm so tired" software license is doing);
- and the hardest for some people: be a nice and respectful person that embraces human diversity and aspires to a truly just and fulfilling world for everyone.
Until all the structures that perpetuate oppression have been dismantled, until all individuals have been collectively emancipated, these "4 freedoms" will remain nothing more than elitist rhetoric.
People are mad because I'm limiting their choices but they don't care that the actual limitations of the FLOSS licenses are already doing that to marginalized people. Or worse: they endorse it.
I acknowledge that FLOSS licenses are not perfect and I understand their design when I consciously add limitations. I don't alter their spirit when I add limitations, I use a tool already well designed for that purpose.
And that's why I'm fighting you to defend me and people like me: we have a place to be and our lives are worth living in peace.
I'm fighting for a better world so that no one has to suffer like this. And if that means frustrating non-frustrated people (so, privileged people), that's fine with me. You'll get used to it, it'll be fine, I promise. 😌
Great. I don't care. Keep it to yourself if you do not apply the points listed in the “The ‘4 freedoms’ are politics and are defending a certain worldview that I don't share” section. Thanks.
