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by petee 2899 days ago
That's not free. That's a restriction.

Free is letting your users choose what to do, and just making sure you get credit for your work. You can't take ownership of code that's been permissivly licensed, you just don't have to share your contributions. Nobody could just copyright OpenBSDs code and then sue them

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Should you be free to take the freedoms of others? Are you free to move into your neighbour's back garden? Freedom extends to the point where it becomes taking the freedom from others.
Allowing a company to use your code how they want doesn't take away anyone else's freedom to use your code how they want. Its an absurd and comparison and claim; in what way are you taking away someones freedoms by using a permissive license? please explain, as your previous claim that anyone can take the rights to your project is incorrect