It's more like donating a loaf of bread but stipulating that the person you donated to cannot sell it for profit. So really, using the GPL is like donating to

It's more like donating a loaf of bread but stipulating that the person you donated to cannot sell it for profit. So really, using the GPL is like donating to a non-profit where using a BST/MIT license is like donating willy nilly to any person or corporation regardless of their aims or practices. But really, the whole analogy is deeply flawed.