Controlling your code
A few months back, I shared the Kelp Commons License. It’s a fair-code license I created for Kelp, my HTML-first UI library.
One of the big appeals of fair-code over “true” open source for me was that you can restrict how your software is used.
For example, over the weekend, the fascist-friendly CEO of Vercel tweeted…
The US President builds with @nextjs — what are you waiting for?
… along with a screenshot of a tweet mentioning how trumpcard.gov is built using Next.js.
Now, clearly, Vercel loves having fascists using their shit. But me? I’m not interested in that. Which is why the Kelp Commons License specifically forbids its use.
I can’t see myself releasing a project under a traditional open source license ever again.
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