Forcing the code to be open is the kind of freedom where restricting locally something enables the freedom globally. Granting the freedom to do whatever with th

Forcing the code to be open is the kind of freedom where restricting locally something enables the freedom globally. Granting the freedom to do whatever with the code will make the code end up used in closed ways, empowering those who close the code. A similar line of thought is the "paradox of tolerance", which posits that if a society tolerates the intolerant, the tolerance of that society will lessen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance