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To clarify, GPL is not a free as in "free gift", but it is free as in "freedom". The giving back part is strongly related to the "freedom", not related to whet
by liuliu 7mo ago
To clarify, GPL is not a free as in "free gift", but it is free as in "freedom".
The giving back part is strongly related to the "freedom", not related to whether you profit from it or not.
- overfeed 7mo ago> To clarify, GPL is not a free as in "free gift", but it is free as in "freedom To clarify further: "freedom" for the end user, and not the developer leveraging GPL code in their software product.
- jason_oster 7mo agoAbsolutely not. GPL is freedom for the authors. The end users have conditions they must meet to use the software. Those conditions are restrictions. That is precisely the opposite of freedom for end users. To anticipate objections, the conditions keep the software "free for everyone", which is true. But that's still explicitly freedom for the authors. The conditions preemptively eliminate end users who would otherwise find the software valuable. Because it is not freedom for end users.