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That doesn't make it "significantly more Free" just equal. MIT is not copyleft. I think arguing about quantities of freedom is fairly meaningless. Especially in
by __alexs 14y ago
That doesn't make it "significantly more Free" just equal. MIT is not copyleft. I think arguing about quantities of freedom is fairly meaningless. Especially in this case where this is no effective difference in the rights of developers or end users.
- CGamesPlay 14y agoThe specific freedoms that I'm referring to are that derivative works need not also be licensed the same way. With the MIT license, I can make derivative software and can distribute it in binary form, without providing the source code. Additionally, I can release my derivative work under a non-GPL (or non-MIT) license.
- tomp 14y agoMust != Free. With GPL, you must share derived source. With MIT, you can share derived source. Therefore, MIT is more free than GPL.
- adharmad 14y agoThe GPL "free" refers to the freedom of end users, not developers.
- markokocic 14y agoAnd why would developers sacrifice their own freedom just because of freedom of end users? Also, the fact the FSF has its own definition of words "free" and "freedom" doesn't make that others are not free to use the more common meaning of the word. Free != "free"
- tomp 14y agoWhy does there need to be a difference? Aren't they often one and the same?