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> The cynic in me really thinks its important to wonder why there exists a GNU, and not an organization formed around and sustained by the MIT license. Of cour
by ori_b 10y ago
> The cynic in me really thinks its important to wonder why there exists a GNU, and not an organization formed around and sustained by the MIT license.
Of course. The MIT license is the legal equivalent of putting shit out on your lawn with a big 'FREE' sign. There's no need to protect that. The GPL requires you to pay the developers in contributions, which requires enforcement.
- quadrangle 10y ago> The GPL requires you to pay the developers in contributions No it does not. The GPL is a downstream license. It requires you pass on the freedoms if you share with others. It does not have any requirement that anything be upstreamed back to the place you got the software from.