The Rising Storm of Ethics in Open Source

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Claim: open source is complicit by design because the open source definition permits use for any purpose, including abuses. Evidence: a new licensing option called the Hippocratic license exists, an organization for ethical source forms, and many projects link into corporate systems. Example numbers: Palantir hosts over 200 GitHub projects that feed into ICE contracts. Proposal: communities like Ruby are urged to reflect on values, stop hiding behind neutrality, and adopt concrete policies that reduce real harms rather than vague statements.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:11The Parable of a Locksmith
3. 3:58Hp Laserjet
4. 8:12Edmund Berkeley
5. 8:59Ethical Obligations of Technologists
6. 13:51Atomic Scientists
7. 18:21The United Nations Global Compact

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