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I noticed there was no LICENSE.md on this repo, which makes it very challenging for others to build off of safely.

This work looks incredible, and I (among many others) would love to be able to use it, contribute to it, promote it and so on. To do so though, it needs a reasonably standard open source license.

The Katharos license used on your other projects, independent of any planned uses or ethical / religious disagreements, is a complete deal breaker for every interested user I've talked to :( It induces very complex legal risk due to challenges in definition and lack of case law, and even incorporating a library with the license presents a serious barrier to getting downstream users and contributors who may disagree with certain ethical or religious implications contained within the license.

Promoting good in the world and staying true to your beliefs is the right thing to do, and I admire your devotion to what you believe in. I'm just not convinced that ethical open source licenses are a good tool to get there.

The intent behind them is twofold:

  1. Prevent your work from being used for objectionable purposes.
  2. Allow others who share your goals to benefit from your work.

But in effect, the level of uncertainty induced by them is such that only the first goal succeeds at all, leaving these fantastic projects that can't be used by anyone completely stranded.

Feel free to reach out, either here or by email. I'm happy to talk at length about my perspective on these matters, and see if I can help you come to a solution that helps you share and collaborate in a way that's compatible with your values.

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