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Strict ideology itself is wrong if for no other reason than that reality is not black and white.
by coldacid 4y ago
Strict ideology itself is wrong if for no other reason than that reality is not black and white.
- bayindirh 4y agoWhile I understand where are you coming from, GNU is a great counterbalance to the currents and trends what we have today. It single-handedly made open source ubiquitous, normalized open source licensing and changed the how software is built. I'm a strong proponent of the philosophy GNU is putting forward (the reality is GNU is just something which aligns my ideology, I'm not a convert), but I understand that both things are not that easy and non-GNU world will always exist in some form. On the other hand, regardless of the software I use, all software I develop is strictly GNU/GPLv3. I also contribute to projects with more permissive licenses, but my software is always GPL. GNU may not be able to convert the whole world to Free software, but it's a necessary force to protect our current environment and evolve it for the better. Moreover, while not pointed at you directly, GNU and GPL is vastly misunderstood concepts. They are neither evil, nor unreasonable. It just aims to move the freedoms developers enjoy with MIT/Expat licenses to users by making them irrevocable.