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Users don't care about any of that, but developers are certainly hindered by restrictive licenses, which in turn hurts users. I never found a right to see sour
by jimmaswell 6y ago
Users don't care about any of that, but developers are certainly hindered by restrictive licenses, which in turn hurts users.
I never found a right to see source code compelling as a real right. To read the assembly and modify something they bought, sure, but not an entitlement to the source.
- dahfizz 6y agoNobody is forcing you to use GPL code. It is stinking of entitlement to demand that you get to use other people's code regardless of what they think about it.
- jimmaswell 6y agoI don't feel entitled to it, I just consider the prevalence of copyleft bad for the developer community. License however you want, doesn't mean I'm entitled for criticizing it. What might be stinking of entitlement is the idea users have an inalienable right to source code.
- vertex-four 6y agoWhat about the prevalence of proprietary software? You can’t use that for anything without making a contract with the author either.
- teknopaul 6y agoUsers and developers are not different beasts. Users with source code are more likely to become developers. Developers are more likely to become users if they can tinker.