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When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the licensethe license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a licensea license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 34 flights in the past 12 months OR own/regularly drive an SUV, although that last stipulation has an exemption for educational institutions and the registered disabled that require an SUV for transport..
  • Amazon AWS Lumberyard (a video game engine) has a license that restricts use of the software in various automation and military purposes, but with a stipulation that this restriction does not apply in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Here's how the license words it:

[...] The occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..

When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 3 flights in the past 12 months.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..

When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 4 flights in the past 12 months OR own/regularly drive an SUV, although that last stipulation has an exemption for educational institutions and the registered disabled that require an SUV for transport..
  • Amazon AWS Lumberyard (a video game engine) has a license that restricts use of the software in various automation and military purposes, but with a stipulation that this restriction does not apply in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Here's how the license words it:

[...] The occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..

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When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes licenseiTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 3 flights in the past 12 months.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..

When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 3 flights in the past 12 months.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..

When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 3 flights in the past 12 months.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..

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When you look at the current market, there are already licenses that have stipulations about what the software might be used for.

  • Apple has a stipulation in their iTunes license which says you're not allowed to use it to develop nuclear weapons.
  • the game Far Cry 2 has a stipulation in the license that you're not allowed to use it contrary to morality or laws in force.
  • WordWeb has a license which states you're not allowed to use the free version if you've taken more than 3 flights in the past 12 months.

There are probably a number of other licenses that have similarly weird clauses. So a license that discriminates based on ethical grounds would not be the first time a license has a weird stipulation..