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I am a developer that contributes to open source both by releasing projects and helping fixing bugs and improving stuff whenever I can. I always release my own
by Seb-C 6y ago
I am a developer that contributes to open source both by releasing projects and helping fixing bugs and improving stuff whenever I can.
I always release my own open source projects under permissive licences like MIT. I even did some WTFPL in the past.
I like free software and open source because of freedom. Restrictive licenses are the opposite of that.
It is perfectly fine to me if a company decides to not release a change. They probably have good reasons to do that. And if they don't, then it is just a dumb decision that will end up costing them more anyway.
- tpxl 6y ago>I like free software and open source because of freedom. The MIT license is less free than GPL in the sense that as a user of MIT software I don't get to see the source, modify, and distribute it, whereas with the GPL I can. The MIT license is more free in the sense that as a developer I don't have to give those freedoms to my users. It's perfectly fine to prefer developer freedoms over user freedoms, but be aware of both of them.
- Seb-C 6y agoAs far as I understand the licences, this is not true. You can do all of that with the MIT licence, but you are not forced to release everything that uses it at MIT.
- mempko 6y ago> They probably have good reasons to do that. And if they don't, then it is just a dumb decision that will end up costing them more anyway. I love this Faith Based Model of software development...