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Open source licenses are a form of copyright.

• lmm 13y ago
  Why is copyright bad? Because it makes it harder for people to improve their stuff and share those improvements, or write new works based on existing works. Why are open source licenses good? Because they make it easier for people to improve their stuff and share those improvements, or write new works based on existing works.
  • res0nat0r 13y ago
    Also you can think of it just the opposite: Copyright incentivizes many authors to undertake works they normally might not due to the protections copyright provides. Many authors (who freely publish their books under copyright) probably wouldn't be able to spend 3 years researching and writing a book if they weren't able to get advance money from their publisher. One is free to use a liberal license or a more restrictive license, both are out there and available to creators.