notes

I wrote down why I do it years ago: https://github.com/BurntSushi/notes/blob/master/2020-10-29_l... You may not agree with me, which is fine, but you should now understand.

> What many free software advocates actually want is a world without copyright on software. Some of them sure. The subset of them who are GPL advocates are simply confused though. GPL is not possible in a world without copyright. In a world without copyright I can release software, which can be written from the ground up or be based on something open source, doesn’t matter, and not share the code with anyone. Just the binary. I can also create AWS based on open source software and nothing like AGPL will stop me from providing proprietary services based on it. If you want to see an argument from someone who opposes copyright, but has more consistent views on the matter, I recommend this piece: <https://github.com/BurntSushi/notes/blob/master/2020-10-29_l...> And the reason I pointed to the fallacy is that multiple people in this thread sug

Nice. Recasting "prefer MIT" to "afraid of copyleft." I'm pretty sure we've had this discussion before on lobste.rs, yet you continue to mischaracterize and lump all opposition of copyleft into some irrational position based on fear, or that we somehow can't think for ourselves because our employers don't like copyleft. My full position: https://github.com/BurntSushi/notes/blob/master/2020-10-29_l...