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So, can someone explain the license to me? I read it and it seems very reasonable. It excludes most of the bad use cases, and doesn't restrict interesting but controversial use cases too much. However,

> To generate or disseminate verifiably false information and/or content with the purpose of harming others;

How do they define that? So I can generate disseminate false information without the purpose of harming others, just for fun? And what if I believe I am not harming others, but helping others? Can I generate fakes to further my political cause, if I'm convinced it is a "good" cause? And what about Popper's paradox? If I prevent people from harming others, then I am still causing the harmer's harm. I feel they are opening a can of worms here.

Also, bad actors will just ignore the license. There is a piece of code that censors obscene generations, you could just comment that out. I feel the license and that filter are not going to stop anybody, but are mostly there for good publicity and so they can wash their hands in innocense...



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