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Depends on how you define "user". A developer is the "user"? MIT is freer for the dev, but the dev is free to restrict the end-user. End-users are the users?
by CarVac 6y ago
Depends on how you define "user".
A developer is the "user"? MIT is freer for the dev, but the dev is free to restrict the end-user.
End-users are the users? GPL restricts developers from closing the source, empowering end users to become developers too.
- j1elo 6y agoAt least in the case of GPL, "user" refers to the end user, and yes, the license is all about some freedoms that are guaranteed to percolate towards the end users, indeed empowering them to become developers themselves, if they wanted: > It is absolutely essential to permit users who wish to help each other to share their bug fixes and improvements with other users. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhyDoesTheGPLPe...