> There is no possible way for users to be hurt by a permissive license. Even if some company were to make a closed source fork, who cares? The original is stil

> There is no possible way for users to be hurt by a permissive license. Even if some company were to make a closed source fork, who cares? The original is still there, still just as free as it ever was. The users of the closed source fork are harmed. They are unable to use the software to the full extent (e.g. inspect, modify, fix bugs). This is what copyleft intends to protect. Closed source reduces the software into an appliance and the user into a consumer.