Comment Harm (Score 1) 1109
From the 'No Military License':
"... The Program and its derivative work will neither be modified or executed to harm any human being nor through inaction permit any human being to be harmed. This is Asimov's first law of Robotics."
Aside from the obvious direct military applications, would this restrict its use by people who create laws which allow harm to come to humans? The "harm" clause is quite subjective in its definition. How they perceive harm may be different from how others percieve harm. This may be struck down in the courts as being "too broad" and find it is not a valid license as has been done many times in the past in regards to laws (both state and federal laws).
-- The software industry is driven by wanting more while using less; which is why Microsoft products provide successively more options and features while leaving you with less free drive space, less free memory, less stability and less peace of mind. --me
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"... The Program and its derivative work will neither be modified or executed to harm any human being nor through inaction permit any human being to be harmed. This is Asimov's first law of Robotics."
Aside from the obvious direct military applications, would this restrict its use by people who create laws which allow harm to come to humans? The "harm" clause is quite subjective in its definition. How they perceive harm may be different from how others percieve harm. This may be struck down in the courts as being "too broad" and find it is not a valid license as has been done many times in the past in regards to laws (both state and federal laws).
-- The software industry is driven by wanting more while using less; which is why Microsoft products provide successively more options and features while leaving you with less free drive space, less free memory, less stability and less peace of mind. --me
sTc