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by DaSHacka 255 days ago
> That's an opinion, not a fact.

Except on average, how often do GPL projects get forked and modified without the changes getting released to the public versus with MIT projects? Which one benefits end users more?
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hnlmorg 255 days ago
Happens all the time; even with GPL projects.

Technically with GPL, you only need to provide the source if requested. You don't specifically need to publish those changes ahead of time. And as it happens, some businesses don't even share the source when requested.

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burntsushi 255 days ago
Except what? Do you actually have data?

Also interesting your silence about my other point. Tell me, did GNU coreutils copy the license of its ancestor?

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