Software Licensing

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Software Development Intellectual Property

Fair-code: Software model (and associated licences) where software is roughly open source, but commercially restricted, e.g. you can't sell a derivative work unless you make "substantial" changes

Anti-996 licence: MIT-ish plus user must meet certain labour conditions

Borland used to release software under a "no-nonsense licence" that simply reiterated buyers' rights under copyright law: https://www.osnews.com/story/22342/borland-in-the-1980s-treat-software-just-like-a-book/

Keith Porcaro proposes using trusts for software ownership

Prohibitive licences