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Re:Is the GPL Really Declining? by phkahler on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:40PM (#14266307)
>> The cynic in me really thinks its important to wonder why there exists a GNU, and not an organization formed around and sustained by the MIT license.

The cynic is me says the answer is that the people interested in MIT licensing are not very interested in sharing their work with others in an organization.

Don't get me wrong, there are instances where MIT or BSD licenses make sense. Desktop software is not one of them.

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Re:Is the GPL Really Declining? by joshuamorton on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:56PM (#14266480)
>The cynic is me says the answer is that the people interested in MIT licensing are not very interested in sharing their work with others in an organization.

What does this mean?

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