>You publish all your recipes under a permissive license. (Setting aside the fact that it's an analogy and recipes aren't covered by copyright...) Why does it

>You publish all your recipes under a permissive license. (Setting aside the fact that it's an analogy and recipes aren't covered by copyright...) Why does it have to be a permissive license? >A restaurant chain starts selling your dishes, using your name, but, because of their scale, cheaper than you can afford to. Why is it okay for them to use your name? You can release free software but not let just anyone use your trademark. (See: Firefox, Red Hat, etc.) >I don’t see that smaller restaurant staying in business, unless it starts making new recipes it keeps for itself. Well in the case of actual small restaurants, clearly publishing a recipe book isn't necessarily catastrophic; after all, many do. Stretching the analogy this far doesn't make the point very well.