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> Permissive open source (MIT, BSD) is a voluntary donation to the likes of Jeff Bezos This is like saying planting a tree that converts CO2 to oxygen is a vol
by KPGv2 2y ago
> Permissive open source (MIT, BSD) is a voluntary donation to the likes of Jeff Bezos
This is like saying planting a tree that converts CO2 to oxygen is a voluntary donation to Jeff Bezos.
Just because you do something that helps everyone without distinguishing between the people being helped doesn't mean it's bad.
- immibis 2y ago(A)GPL helps everyone proportionately, without distinguishing between the people being helped. MIT allows one person to try and capture the entire benefit.
- bigstrat2003 2y ago> MIT allows one person to try and capture the entire benefit. No it doesn't. Software is not a scarce good. If Jeff Bezos uses my MIT-licensed software to make billions, he has taken nothing away from the rest of humanity. They can still use it just as much as he could.
- immibis 2y agoIt does when he captures all the attention away from you and makes everyone think it's his project. You will have no users or contributors. You'll be free to maintain your own fork, but it'll be like forking one of Jeff's own proprietary projects.