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Groxxtoday at 3:56 PM1 replyview on HN

You can have preferences while not restricting legal rights.


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graemeptoday at 4:41 PM

You can, but if the exact quote in the GP is correct the claim is claiming the software is "gay, trans and anti-colonialist" and asks you not to use it. Why use a license that is designed to be politically neutral and then ask some people not to use it?

What I can see is a fairly clear indication that they do not want contributions from people whose politics differ from theirs. I would also question whether government funding of a project with political policies about who can participate is appropriate. The political stance is also rooted in a particular culture so is unwelcoming to people from other cultures.

Of course people can political views and preferences, but they presumably have some aim in mind when making that statement in the README. What is that aim?

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