Software licensing under politically motivated terms is not entirely unreasonable and I think we should start doing it more.<p>For instance, I totally disagree with the fact that open source software ends up powering weapons or are used as tools to repress and control 
people.<p>GPL is one example of a socio-political cause enforced upon it&#x27;s users.
So why not use licensing for other socio-political causes ?<p>My next open source library will definitely have clauses like:<p>- Cannot be used for terrorist activities of any kind. May God strike you down if you do.<p>- Cannot be used inside military apps. You agree to immediate capitulation the moment the first line of my code is executed inside a military appliance.<p>- Cannot be used by certain political parties, governments, etc.<p>I mean, it&#x27;s nice to be nice to everyone, but fuck it. There&#x27;re lots of assholes out there who&#x27;s success is not in my interest or anyone else&#x27;s interest, except a group of delusional leaders. I don&#x27;t want to be a contributing factor to their success. Let them write their own software.<p>So free software developers can and should get creative with this. I don&#x27;t know a lot about this particular Notepad++ case, but I totally agree with what the author did - it&#x27;s his choice after all.