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It's open source. It does very little to force the world into more freedom. I feel I understand the libre folks' point of view, I'm just not in a position to do
by Applejinx 8y ago
It's open source. It does very little to force the world into more freedom. I feel I understand the libre folks' point of view, I'm just not in a position to do much about it.
- icebraining 8y agoAlmost all open source licenses are Free Software, and vice-versa, MIT included. As long as it gives users the Four Freedoms, it's Free Software. What you're talking about is copyleft, which rms certainly prefers people use, but it's not mandatory to be Free Software.
- b3n 8y agoThe FSF explicitly states[1] that the MIT licences (e.g. Expat, X11) are free software licences. This means software written under the MIT licence is both open source _and_ free. [1] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#SoftwareLicenses https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#SoftwareLi...