What you are pointing out is similar to "the paradox of tolerance" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_t

What you are pointing out is similar to "the paradox of tolerance" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance By analogy, there is a law against me putting handcuffs on another, and in fact the police would stop me from doing so. Did the police protect freedom? Aren't they restricting me from handcuffing others? In a similar manner, under the MIT I can restrict my users from modifying and compiling my source code. Is a license that means I have to let my users modify code restricting freedom? Isn't it ensuring freedom of others, in the same way that making laws of "you shall not handcuff others for no reason" is ensuring freedom of others?