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true IMHO among the various OS licenses, GPL it's the more inclined toward anti-capitalism. But that's a personal reading.
by kome 6y ago
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IMHO among the various OS licenses, GPL it's the more inclined toward anti-capitalism. But that's a personal reading.
- kryptiskt 6y agoThe intention behind it might be, that doesn't mean that capitalists can't use it as a tool. There's a whole business model in GPLing software and then selling proprietary add-ons (which non-copyright holders can't compete with as they have to offer source) or exceptions to it.
- zzz61831 6y agoMaybe GPL started as an anti-capitalist license, but in practice it became very much pro-capitalist. It got to the point that GPLv3 and AGPLv3 were split into two licenses to satisfy capitalists. Among various properly written and practical open source licenses Parity license is probably the most anti-capitalist one.