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> FOSS implies restrictions on the developer in the service of end-user freedom No it doesn't. You're thinking of copyleft licenses. FOSS is not synonymous w
by liability 7y ago
> FOSS implies restrictions on the developer in the service of end-user freedom
No it doesn't. You're thinking of copyleft licenses. FOSS is not synonymous with copyleft; many FOSS licenses (recognized as such by RMS and the FSF) are not copyleft.
- closeparen 7y agoWhoa, you’re right. I definitely remember reading a tirade against permissive licenses that I thought was FSF’s position, but I see they do explicitly recognize permissive licenses as Free Software.