It all comes down to why you want to write software. If you want to be paid for writing software, then doing it on your own time and contributing to an MIT lice

It all comes down to why you want to write software. If you want to be paid for writing software, then doing it on your own time and contributing to an MIT licensed project is NOT the way to go. On the other hand, if your goal is to have your software used by as many people as possible, then MIT licensed may be the way to go. In my case, the piece of software that I wrote that runs in the most places (measured in the billions) is probably the IJG JPEG library that was very liberally licensed and consequently found its way into all sorts of devices... Yes, I wrote the code back in 1991 but it still gives me a kick to know how often it is used!