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+![For Good, Not Evil](screenshots/good-not-evil.webp)
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+# For Good, Not Evil ― An ELOS License Builder
+
+Since the penning of the GPL, Free and Open Source software has led the charge
+of software for a better world, and it splash it has made is unparalleled.
+
+The world of today is not the world our free software licenses were written for.
+The licenses we created to protect freedom are being taken advantage of by
+institutions like ICE and surveillance states to take away the freedom of others.
+
+**It's time to reclaim our software in the name of freedom.**
+
+This project is an ELOS, or **E**thically **L**icensed **O**pen **S**ource,
+license builder, for building licenses that help build a commons that nurtures
+freedom instead of taking it.
+
+We aim to spread awareness of the variety of different ELOS licenses that are
+out there, and help people find one that fits their needs.  Hopefully, we can
+create an approachable license repository to help people get started in ELOS
+without needing to navigate the forest of licenses and legalese that might
+otherwise be a barrier.
+
+## Try it out!
+
+this section yet to be completed
+
+## A brief aside about the project name
+
+We named our project "For Good, Not Evil ― An ELOS License Builder".  Some might
+recognize the phrase, "For Good, Not Evil," from the JSON license.
+
+Arguably one of the first ELOS licenses, the JSON license (yes that JSON) is
+nearly identical to the MIT license, except for the addition of one small
+phrase.
+
+> The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
+
+This tiny phrase sparked a startling amount of controversy, including IBM
+explicitly acquiring a license to use JSON for Evil. [[source @ 39:45]][1]
+
+At some point in time, you have to wonder, why is it such a bold statement to
+not want to see your software used for evil, and what does it say about the
+state of open source that so many think such a thing is impossible?
+
+By using this phrase, we don't want to claim it as our own.  To the contrary,
+nothing would make me happier than to see it used as a battle cry for any
+developers who are sick of being told that writing for the commons means giving
+up the hope of making a better world.
+
+[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C-JoyNuQJs
+
+## Building
+
+This project is built using Elm, Sass, and HTML.  To build it on your own, you'll need to install
+
+- [elm](https://guide.elm-lang.org/install/elm.html)
+- [Sass](https://sass-lang.com/install) (`rubygem-sass` on Fedora)
+- [uglify-js](https://lisperator.net/uglifyjs/) (`uglify-js` on Fedora)
+- `make` (`make` on Fedora)
+
+Then, clone the git repo and run `make` to build the site to the `site/` directory
+
+For development, you may want to use the commands
+
+```bash
+ls src/**.elm | entr elm make src/Main.elm --output site/elm.min.js
+```
+
+and
+
+```bash
+sass --watch site/styles.scss
+```
+
+to automatically recompile assets as you work on the project.