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Yep. Permissive licenses (MIT et al) maximize freedom for developers. Copyleft licenses place sometimes-frustrating restrictions on developers in order to guara
by smichel17 6y ago
Yep. Permissive licenses (MIT et al) maximize freedom for developers. Copyleft licenses place sometimes-frustrating restrictions on developers in order to guarantee more freedom for end users. I like to compare it to laws against slavery. Yes, they impose restrictions on would-be owners, but society is freer as a result.
or any abuse of power imbalances.
- skinkestek 6y ago> Yes, they impose restrictions on would-be owners, but society is freer as a result. I'm still going to prefer MIT but this is probably the best rhetoric I've seen in favor of copyleft.