GPL puts more importance on the software's freedom. MIT puts more importance on the developer's freedom. Arguably, it's not really possible to claim one is be

GPL puts more importance on the software's freedom. MIT puts more importance on the developer's freedom. Arguably, it's not really possible to claim one is better than the other because they have different philosophies. If you feel that ensuring the code must stay free is important, GPL is probably the better license. If you're more interested in the freedom of the developer to use the code even in a non-free way, then MIT would be the better license.