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This is why I much prefer the MIT license though still respect GPL. Copy left is cool and all but it suffers from similar problems as paid software - you have r

This is why I much prefer the MIT license though still respect GPL. Copy left is cool and all but it suffers from similar problems as paid software - you have restrictions on what you can do with it. The MIT license captures the spirit of “do whatever the fuck you want”

jwmcq 4y ago
I think the main problem with MIT is that if you offer the largest industry players the opportunity to “do whatever the fuck [they] want” then they will. Historically, this has not been great for users. As an obvious example, I honestly can't imagine the Linux kernel having had the impact that it has had if all of the myriad corporations building on it weren't forced to contribute their work back to it under the same conditions.
- School-Cotton 4y ago
  On the other hand, plenty of software nowadays is permissively licensed (in fact, the overwhelming majority outside of Linux and the GNU project) and everyone from individuals to huge companies contributes to it for a variety of reasons.
panzi 4y ago
It's basically the same as with the paradox of tolerance: > The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant.