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What’s your point, exactly? How does the “open source” approach solve this? Surely you’re not putting down the AGPLv3 without also recognizing that “open source

What’s your point, exactly? How does the “open source” approach solve this? Surely you’re not putting down the AGPLv3 without also recognizing that “open source” software only strengthens proprietary *wares?

shadowgovt 2y ago
On the contrary, I think open source strengthens everything. Where copyleft leaves users of other people's software looking over their shoulder to confirm they haven't broken the license, with open source licenses I can release some work and not worry about how it's used, and I can use somebody's work without fear that they will come after me later. It does strengthen proprietary software. It also strengthens everyone else's software. It's the rising tide that floats all boats.
- immibis 2y ago
  What you're referring to is actually permissive licensing (or as I like to call it... /s). It's a scam. It works fine for trivial pieces of code that no one cares about. But for bigger pieces of software, you're donating your time to Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir. You're volunteering for them. Why would you do that? If they want you to work for them they should pay you. If not for your wallet's sake then for the sake of hurting bad companies. Copyleft is easy to comply with. Being scared of copyleft is like being scared of servers (which most programmers are according to DHH!).
  - tourmalinetaco 2y ago
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  - shadowgovt 2y ago
    > But for bigger pieces of software, you're donating your time to Amazon, Microsoft and Palantir. You're volunteering for them. Why would you do that? Because "everyone" means everyone. Ask the OpenSSL developers why they do what they do. > Being scared of copyleft is like being scared of servers (which most programmers are according to DHH!). ... Yep, you got it.