YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection

Re:YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection by MiroF on Monday April 27, 2020 @12:28PM (#22997321)

I agree - but I imagine even personally it might be a hard thing to hear that something you created is being used to kill people, even with the knowledge that it is doing a lot of good.

I'm curious if this is something that some sort of modified license could help resolve. Do I have the option to license my software so that it can't be used in war?

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Re:YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection by bangonkeyboard on Monday April 27, 2020 @03:02PM (#22998831)

> I'm curious if this is something that some sort of modified license could help resolve. Do I have the option to license my software so that it can't be used in war?

"The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Crockford#%22Good,_not...

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Re:YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection by wolco on Monday April 27, 2020 @03:18PM (#22998984)

Wouldn't object detection save people over the current method of dropping a huge bomb at a wedding?

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Re:YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection by rcw4256 on Monday April 27, 2020 @12:40PM (#22997440)

Yes, but you need to be prepared to take it to court when someone uses your software in war.

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Re:YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection by hprotagonist on Monday April 27, 2020 @01:54PM (#22998174)

and when the answer is “hey, it’s GPL’d, here’s our source download link, fuck off we’re exactly following the rules”?

Licenses are not a viable solution to this sort of ethical quandry.

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Re:YOLOv4: Optimal Speed and Accuracy of Object Detection by rcw4256 on Monday April 27, 2020 @02:10PM (#22998331)

That answer should be unsatisfactory to the court, since it wasn't licensed under the GPL. The rules, in this case, say no use in war.

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