free software people will rewrite proprietary software under a free and open source license. Open source people will rewrite free software licensed software und

free software people will rewrite proprietary software under a free and open source license. Open source people will rewrite free software licensed software under a open source license. From a pragmatic perspective, I rather pick the former than the later, and the practical benefits are noticeable when going from a proprietary software to an free and open source version, but going from GPL to MIT has no meaningful impact on my ability to use the program. Talking about pragmatism, why do a weather app developers feel the need to get permission to access to my contact list, sms, my web browser history, and so on? It seems clear that regardless of what kind of software a developer, community or company do, there are political aspects that pushes away pragmatism. Simple programs that do a practical job and nothing else should be the norm, but there seems to always be a will to push it away from that.