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by npteljes 1233 days ago
Yes, and the specific strictness is the point! The point is that there isn't really such a things as "no laws". Dynamics between people don't stop to function just because there are no laws applied. The most basic thing is that if you don't restrict the use of force effectively, then the use of force will most certainly determine the order of things - you end up with tyrants, or warlords, essentially.

Translating this to the world of software licenses, similar things happen. With MIT, and BSD, an entity can take the project and just run with it. Neither the original owner, nor the ecosystem benefits. This is cool with some people, in theory, but from time to time, significant regret is demonstrated, of which my favorite is Tanenbaum learning from the media that Intel uses his system in all of the CPUs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/minix-creator-letter-intel...

I also recommend contemplating the "Paradox of tolerance" - a similar situation. It posits that in order to have a sustainable tolerant society, one must not tolerate intolerance - for if we do, it will take over, ending the tolerant society.