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The GPL is not about becoming huge, it's about building a community around shared software. The goal is not to prevent Microsoft from stealing your software, it
by rixed 2y ago
The GPL is not about becoming huge, it's about building a community around shared software. The goal is not to prevent Microsoft from stealing your software, it is to promote the idea amongst software authors and users that software should be free to modify and share and that there should be no distinction between users and authors; There is no such statement with the MIT. I believe this makes sense regardless of the size of the software.
- Daegalus 2y agoOk, I'll give you that argument, as I agree with a lot of it, but the authors are specifically using it as an anti-closed device/anti-corporate thing.
- rixed 2y agoIndeed. I believe the bitterness is understandable but counter productive. I share the sentiment that it has a "delusion of grandeur" vibe that I also find annoying.