> Yes, let's have the government mandate what license your code should have! Facepalm. Hey -- even when people freely choose which license code should have, th

> Yes, let's have the government mandate what license your code should have! Facepalm. Hey -- even when people freely choose which license code should have, there are still better and worse choices. There's no essential role for government, and the OP didn't suggest that. Also, according to my favorite theory of modern society, governments find out what people are going to do anyway, order them to do it, then try to take credit for the result. So (if this theory has any substance) governmental involvement is more illusory than real.