Make a pledge to only promote FOSS about matrix.to HOT 4 OPEN

Oh, and another thing, to clarify: This issue has nothing to do about licenses. It's more about policy than anything else. Licensing is an entire different discussion.

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I'm behind this, although I have to ask, how would this be incorporated into the project?
I can think of a LICENSE file _{which doesn't exist} that would contain the Apache-2.0 template with added information about this.

I have to wonder though, if a project like this used e.g. AGPLv3, wouldn't this be required?

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My proposal is just about pledge, a promise. It's nothing formal. I think it can be incorporated by a simple text file or something. That is, if the pledge is actually serious.

Of course, this needs agreement and discussion first. If the maintainers are not behind this, it is pointless to make such a pledge, obviously.

I just want to get more people behind the idea to take FOSS seriously because I believe in a free and open Internet.

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I understand. I thought of incorporating it into a license for more strictness, for a lack of better words, but that seems too radical if the idea is primarily a promise. Would be nice if there was a larger discussion about this idea :)

I just want to get more people behind the idea to take FOSS seriously because I believe in a free and open Internet.

I fully agree.

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