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Create a new (viral) software license, the Ethical Public License (EPL). The EPL is linked to the oath and forbids use of the source code in any project or system deemed to break the oath.

This might result in an economic incentive for companies like Path to curb bad behaviour, due to the cost of rewriting EPL code or using inferior code.

Note: The OSI will probably claim the EPL is not an open source license ("No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor") and the FSF will likely say the EPL isn't a free software license because it breaks Freedom 0 ("The freedom to run the program, for any purpose").



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