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The GPL protects freedoms of users by placing restrictions on those that would do harm---developers (by ensuring that the code remains free) and distributors (b
by mikegerwitz 10y ago
The GPL protects freedoms of users by placing restrictions on those that would do harm---developers (by ensuring that the code remains free) and distributors (by ensuring that the user has access to the source code).
If someone is hostile to restrictions on those two groups, then copyleft is undesirable, at the expense of the user, who has fewer guarantees of freedom.