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> The GPL is the legal embodiment of this Golden Rule Sort of. It's a bit more like a golden pact with teeth. You can get excommunicated for not following th
by cryptonector 7y ago
> The GPL is the legal embodiment of this Golden Rule
Sort of. It's a bit more like a golden pact with teeth. You can get excommunicated for not following the pact you agreed to. I suppose that's fine. But I prefer not to tempt others to agree -- let them find their own way. Contributing helps the contributor by avoiding having to have local patches, and by getting them reputation and good will points. Sure, a big company might fork an MIT codebase forever and keep it closed, but that's OK with me.