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If you don't like "strings attached" then it certainly makes no sense to use a so-called "permissive" license, as the core--in fact, only--permission that such
by saurik 6y ago
If you don't like "strings attached" then it certainly makes no sense to use a so-called "permissive" license, as the core--in fact, only--permission that such licenses offer over the various copyleft licenses is the permission to take all the other permissions away from downstream users... the people we should all be fighting for! "The only string attached to usage of this software is that you are not allowed to attach additional strings to this software."
- marcinzm 6y ago>the people we should all be fighting for! Why? These users overall aren't even willing to pay token money to support the creator so why should the creator care about them more than their own goals and desires?
- mumblemumble 6y agoI just can't bring myself to see it that way. If someone incorporates code I've open sourced into a commercial product, that takes nothing away from me or anyone else. The only permission I ever gave was for others to use some code I wrote for their own purposes. That doesn't change if someone incorporates it into a closed source product. It's not like someone else choosing not to open source their additions causes the original software license on the original code to disappear in a puff of smoke.