[gowld]

The article is confusing.

The difference between MIT and GPL is that MIT favors immediate users who are developers, and GPL favors end-users. These interests are always in tension, and one of them just be chosen as favored.

In both cases, the original authors are giving up their rights for the benefit of users.

So no one has standing to attack the original authors. If you use the original software, you can enjoy it either way. If you are in business, MIT is better for you. If you are a user of an intermediary, that's for you and the intermediary to deal with, no the original author.

If you are afraid of the intermediary being evil, than go directly to the original source, or find a GPL or MIT(!) intermediary.