cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/119645
The amount of libertarian ideology present in FOSS is shocking
Yeah, I can’t believe the shit liberals say (hehe) sometimes…
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/119645
The amount of libertarian ideology present in FOSS is shocking
Yeah, I can’t believe the shit liberals say (hehe) sometimes…
but companies still cannot redistribute GPL3 code… so isn’t that actually better than permissive?
They can redistribute the code, but only under the same (or a compatible) license. Whether it’s better depends on the type of software – if a company can use it as a service (without redistributing it, e.g. as part of a server), GPL3 won’t prevent it from using the code in its own commercial product without making the product’s code publicly available.
But GPL3 will still restrict the distribution of your software. Sadly if ur sh*t isn’t friendly enough to corporations then it won’t make it to the masses in the tech world.
Yes, there are certainly many cases where a copyleft license is preferable to a more permissive license; my point is that there are still some significant loopholes