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Do No Harm software license - A licence for using software for good
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Add super trawlers #52

Closed chrisjensen closed 1 year ago

chrisjensen commented 5 years ago

Overview

Super trawling and other destructive/unsustainable forms of fishing should be added to the exclusion list

Proposed Resolution

Find a good definition of unsustainable fishing and add it to the exclusions

ghost commented 1 year ago

(edited for clarity) From a biological perspective, the root cause of the unsustainability issue is that too many fish (I'm also including sharks, octopi [a.k.a. octopuses]/squid for calamari, shrimp, lobsters, etc.) that are ready to reproduce, or the fishes' eggs (e.g. caviar) are being (killed to be) eaten. Thus, there are not very many fish that can reproduce to sustain a species. A positive-feedback loop begins to occur that can eliminate a species at worst. The only way to fix the issue is to prevent the fishing industry from taking too many reproductive fish. However, I don't see how a software license has an obligation to enforce a requirement such as over-fishing.

ghost commented 1 year ago

This issue is starting to get a bit stale and super-trawling seems to be out of scope for me because "I don't see how a software license has an obligation to enforce a requirement such as over-fishing." Software and super-trawlers don't seem to mix at all.

tommaitland commented 1 year ago

Super trawlers ...derive a majority of income from actions that discourage or frustrate a sustainable environment. I think they're already excluded.