But sadly, the permissive ones don't have this ideological defense mechanism built into them. That's why Apple was able to eat FreeBSD for a lunch. But there a

But sadly, the permissive ones don't have this ideological defense mechanism built into them. That's why Apple was able to eat FreeBSD for a lunch. But there are few exceptions where permissive projects can also sustain and defend themselves provided they're people powered and well organized. Apache Foundation is a great example here. Despite being permissively licensed, they're able to build projects and products with meritocracy which is apparently untainted by big tech influence so far. Mozilla is a another example though their acceptance of Google's royalty is an influence of taint which is pretty much visible in their end product, Firefox.