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Individual action is not gonna solve anything, you have to understand why people choose permissive licenses in the first place: - They're contributing while at
by Osmose 5y ago
Individual action is not gonna solve anything, you have to understand why people choose permissive licenses in the first place:
- They're contributing while at work and work only allows permissive licenses
- They're familiar with permissive libraries because of the previous point
- Permissive licenses are perceived as simpler
- They've been pushed away from the free software movement by the FSF/Stallman/Linus
- They don't think copyleft is the right form of enforcement
- pessimizer 5y agoI don't think anyone is confused about why people prefer permissive licenses. People enjoy benefits without costs or responsibilities, unsurprisingly.
- Osmose 5y agoFair! I didn't finish the thought, which was to address those shortcomings by either making free software work better for those needs (e.g. work with tech unions to negotiate guaranteed funding of projects used by companies) or by making it less attractive to use permissive software (e.g. via regulation).