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Off topic? The topic, if I've read correctly, is: I feel it is sad that so few HN hackers seem to appreciate the vision of the GPL Reusing GPL'd code forces de
by buu700 15y ago
Off topic? The topic, if I've read correctly, is: I feel it is sad that so few HN hackers seem to appreciate the vision of the GPL
Reusing GPL'd code forces developers to in turn release their code; more free licenses don't have this effect.
- StavrosK 15y agoYes, that was the original contrast, versus the MIT license of the OP. Sure, people will opt to not release code when it contains trade secrets or whatnot, but the thread is about MIT vs GPL, basically. Anyway, not to play thread police, it just seemed to me that it was veering off into another direction. I'm cranky in the mornings!