>This is true, and I don't see much wrong with it. I don't like the idea of other code mandating how I should release my code. What if I just don't feel like up

>This is true, and I don't see much wrong with it. I don't like the idea of other code mandating how I should release my code. What if I just don't feel like up-streaming? Free is meant to be free, and (A)GPL does incur a cost -- at the bare minimum an ideological one. You don't need to go upstream - you just need to provide source to users. I explained this in the article, and it's not especially onerous. You've also fallen for a common misconception: the "free" in free software is not about cost, it's about "freedom". The GPL family of licenses are designed to ensure the freedom of the user, not the developer, to view and modify and improve and redistribute the source code for programs that they use.