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  • Hakan Bayındırbayindirh@mastodon.sdf.org
    Oct 14, 2026, 9:05 PM

    @cwebber

    I feel somewhat different about the whole issue, and I want to underline something:

    Permissive licenses are about developer freedom, but copyleft licenses are about user freedom. I care about user freedom more than developer freedom.

    Another angle is, if I create a tool/library and I share it for free, it's GPLv3. User freedom is non-negotiable plus, I don't want my free work to be sold to anyone. It's created to be free as in beer and as in speech.

    I don't allow otherwise.

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  • Hakan Bayındırbayindirh@mastodon.sdf.org
    Oct 14, 2026, 9:09 PM

    @cwebber Kudos to you. I don't remember where I read it first, but I write it everywhere the discussion permits.

    From my understanding many FOSS developers don't understand how GPL/copyleft works, and as a result they are afraid of it.

    Many developers don't care as well, and love MIT because it's "carefree".

    Every license has its place, but there shall be more GPL software IMHO.

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