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You are only restricted from restricting others. That sounds very fair to me.

• coldtea 7y ago
  The core MIT/GPL licensed code is always going to be free. The license restricts people in what they can do with _their_ modification of that code. E.g. whether they can package _their_ modifications of it as closed. Sounds like a restriction to me.
  • tremon 7y ago
    As the recipient of an MIT-licensed binary, you have no rights. As the recipient of a GPL-licensed binary, you have the right to ask for the accompanying source code. Sounds like freedom to me.
    • coldtea 7y ago
      Nobody ever defined freedom as in "what somebody can additionally demand when given something for free".
      • jdnenej 7y ago
        This debate comes up all the time. Does freedom refer to my freedom or everyone's freedom. My freedom to shoot you is limited by your freedom to not be harmed. My freedoms have been limited but this is very fair.