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Article: We need more of Richard Stallman, not less (ploum.net)

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I want to start a discussion of MIT vs GPL and see what you all think

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[–] u_tamtam 36 points 1 year ago

Before this devolves into a flame war, here's for you the introductory paragraph

Disclaimer: I’m aware that Richard Stallman had some questionable or inadequate behaviours. I’m not defending those nor the man himself. I’m not defending blindly following that particular human (nor any particular human). I’m defending a philosophy, not the philosopher. I claim that his historical vision and his original ideas are still adequate today. Maybe more than ever.

That said, I only see valid points here. For a long time, I too had a preference for MIT-style of licenses, thinking that they would "at least give a chance for a major business to embrace and extend, for the benefit of the open-source world", win-win, right?

Fast-forward, it's now pretty clear how the corporate world used the open-source movement to consolidate its monopoly, common good shouldn't get privatized, and large corporations don't have your best interest at heart.