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You sound very bitter that a developers that let others use their code gets to pick his license of choice. Should everything by locked down like Microsoft Windo
by Dahoon 6y ago
You sound very bitter that a developers that let others use their code gets to pick his license of choice. Should everything by locked down like Microsoft Windows code or an Apple phone? If what you want is for everything to be completely free from licenses instead, just code your own version and release it as freeware. If you only complain and don't then you are just being hypocritical.
>You're hardly helping the world releasing libraries in terms that nobody but hobbyists (who are going to rip your code out and replace it if they start making a proprietary product, which is not evil) will find acceptable
Now you are just trolling.
- jimmaswell 6y agoI'm not bitter, just disappointed in all the wasted developer time that happens because people get caught up in these copyleft ideas. Of course you can pick whatever license you want but that doesn't mean it can't be criticized. > If you only complain and don't then you are just being hypocritical. You don't need to be an architect to complain about crumbling bridges, but indeed I have released software under more free licenses.
- dirkgently 6y ago> people get caught up in these copyleft ideas Because of these ideas, we have nice things like open source systems and such.
- Talanes 6y ago>wasted developer time Only if you assume copyleft code would otherwise be available for developers. The other alternative is people who don't want others profiting from their free code just don't release their code.
- licebmi__at__ 6y agoWell, it's easy to be disappointed in all the wasted developer time because copy left. It's transparent. It's harder not only to be disappointed but to even notice all the wasted developer time because of closed source code because well it's even obscured how can you as a developer benefit from the code.