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by pbbakkum
4469 days ago
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While its intentions are noble, in my experience the GPL is Free as in "you probably need a lawyer to ensure you're not violating it". Doubly so for AGPL. The irony of RMS spreading his own vision of "Freedom" is that the GPL restricts things which he doesn't agree with, which seems to violate the most basic principle there. I've been involved with several organizations which try to avoid GPL code, by policy, in favor of MIT/BSD because it raises too many issues. Not saying GPL hasn't done good things (my understanding is that much of Apple's compiler work is public bc they started with GPL code), but the wind seems to be blowing towards less restrictive OSS licenses. |
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