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So you oppose the GPL, Apache, and BSD licenses? Or really, any software license? After all, they are conditions for the distribution and derivation of a creati
by potatolicious 15y ago
So you oppose the GPL, Apache, and BSD licenses? Or really, any software license? After all, they are conditions for the distribution and derivation of a creative work.
You support private companies taking this freely-given resource, creating products from it, profiting from them, and not release the source as the conditions demand?
- allait 15y agoBSD, Apache and many other licenses allow exactly this: derived works may be released under proprietary license.
- Peaker 15y agoWell, given that I oppose copyright, I support the GPL -- exactly because it uses copyright restrictions to neutralize copyright restrictions. In other words, the only restrictions placed by the GPL are those that restrict use of copyright -- and I definitely support those. Apache and BSD licenses are basically only anti-plagiarizing, afaik. How would companies profit from a work that everyone can freely copy, in a way that does not add value to society and indeed to the original author?