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Read up on the 4 freedoms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition A true free(li
by henriquez 6y ago
Read up on the 4 freedoms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition
A true free(libre) software license protects the _user's freedom._ Releasing under MIT License doesn't do this because of the problems raised in OP. If your MIT work is incorporated into another product and used (hypothetically) by a foreign government to spy on people, then you haven't protected users, you've protected _developers_ ability to benefit from your work for free.
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y agoYeah...I'm not really interested in making any rhetorical points. I appreciate the passion, but I just like to write great code and put it out there. I'm not a gunsmith. I write small iOS apps and libraries. I'd rather they didn't get used for nefarious purposes, but I am not interested in exerting any kind of control over what happens after I put them out. I have done some rather more ambitious and socially-relevant stuff, and that is all MIT. We switched to that from GPL a year or two ago, as the GPL was interfering with the willingness of people to use it. Since the software is actually a lifesaving infrastructure, every non-use could mean lives lost.