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by div72
789 days ago
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Copyleft licenses are restrictive as obligations are restrictions. "You must provide a source code to your users" is equivalent to "You cannot use this software if your source code is not available to your users". Freedom is a finite resource in which copyleft licenses take from the developer to give to users. (which ends up at the same point as the article but I prefer wording it this way.) |
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I think this GNU essay has the right take: if it enables your own self-determination, that's freedom, but if it enables you to impose on others, that's power, and it makes sense to make the distinction.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.en.html