#EthicalSource
It's here! "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life tales of the unsung heroes of responsible tech and the science fiction that inspired them.

thehammerbook.com

#TechJustice #EthicalSource #ResponsibleTech #TechEthics #TheFutureIsSoft
We Just Build Hammers: A New Book by Coraline Ada Ehmke
Stories of visionaries from the past, present, & future of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them. Available now from Apress.
thehammerbook.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Apple open-sources its build system, and adopts Contributor Covenant for the community's code of conduct: appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

#EthicalSource #OpenSource
Swift Build goes open source, cross-platform as of February 1
Apple has made the build system in its high-level programming language Swift — used by llbuild, the Swift Package Manager and Swift Playground — officially open source.
appleinsider.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Did you know? Contributor Covenant is just one of the tools that make up the OES "Ethical Stack”. Learn more at ethicalsource.dev/what-we-do/

#EthicalSource #OpenSource
What We Do
The Organization for Ethical Source is a global, multidisciplinary community devoted to centering justice, equity, and human rights in the practice of open source.
ethicalsource.dev
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
On this day, in 2014, Contributor Covenant was released to the world. Since then, codes of conduct have become the norm in most open source projects, and Contributor Covenant remains the most-adopted and most-trusted code of conduct in the ecosystem.

www.contributor-covenant.org

#EthicalSource
Contributor Covenant: A Code of Conduct for Open Source and Other Digital Commons Communities
www.contributor-covenant.org
November 17, 2024 at 9:11 PM
A new AI review! EthicalSource/contributor_covenant ⭐3.4/5.0
This repository is the working home for the Contributor Covenant site and (increasingly) a “builder” experience for generating a Code of Conduct document.
https://gitrated.com/EthicalSource/contributor_covenant
March 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
From the Organization for Ethical Source blog— "How AI Exacerbates Online Gender-Based Violence" by Seerat Khan.

#EthicalSource #EthicalAI

ethicalsource.dev/blog/ai-and-...
How AI Exacerbates Online Gender-Based Violence
AI makes combatting online gender-based violence more difficult and complex.
ethicalsource.dev
December 13, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Congratulations go to IBM as the first official adopter of Contributor Covenant 3.0!

See more featured adopters & explore what's new with the premier code of conduct for digital communities at www.contributor-covenant.org

#opensource #EthicalSource #ContributorCovenant #CodesOfConduct
Contributor Covenant | A Code of Conduct for Digital Communities
The most widely adopted code of conduct in open source.
www.contributor-covenant.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We all use #OpenSource software every day.

There's #FairSource and #EthicalSource licenses - open source with sensible restrictions for specific use cases.

🪦 But what about Estate Source? #License your code openly forever, even after you're gone! ⚰️

law.stackexchange.com/questions/95...
Can a public copyright license take effect upon the author's death?
If I understand correctly, it is possible to release copyrighted works under a public license (such as an open-source software license) upon one's death by stating this in a will. Can it be done wi...
law.stackexchange.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@c @ethicalsource couldn't agree more!
September 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
@Floppy strikes me this is one of many cogent arguments against the traditional idea that FOSS licenses should allow _absolutely_ any use for any reason - and in favour of @ethicalsource style licensing based on public benefit
September 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
@ all the ethicalsource and others people
August 31, 2026 at 11:15 AM
And before someone wanders into my mentions to say that technology is neutral and ethical considerations don't belong in software licenses, blah blah blah…

…well you're wrong. 😄

#opensource #EthicalSource #procraft
January 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I'm likely going to be working on a major new installable software project later this year, and I'm very unsure I want to release it under an #opensource license as they are currently defined.

What I want is a combination of an #EthicalSource license such as Do No Harm (which unfortunately […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Just signed up to join @ethicalsource, in the hope that I can help one day find a way *beyond* pure open source, that reflects my values and desire to make sure my work contributes to a *better* world.

Not easy, but as @jens just put it, "If ethical use is not in scope for [the Open Source and […]
Original post on mastodon.me.uk
mastodon.me.uk
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Peace Public License, a new #EthicalSource license designed to be “a copy-farleft cooperative non-violent public license which was more publically available and which was more openly and actively maintained”. https://github.com/brightly-salty/peace-license
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM