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by Hello71 2618 days ago
the FSF have been saying that for longer than the OSI has existed. people mocked them for saying that they were idealistic and unreasonable.
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The FSF takes the more extreme stance that general adoption just doesn't matter. If big companies ban libraries using their recommended viral licenses, that's not a problem they're looking to solve; it just means the people writing free software will have an advantage.
And some donate to both. FSF is a big reason we chose GPLv3 - when at first I was thinking MIT.