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Re:Is the GPL Really Declining? by ori_b on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:37PM (#14267994)
> 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.

Of course. The MIT license is the legal equivalent of putting shit out on your lawn with a big 'FREE' sign. There's no need to protect that. The GPL requires you to pay the developers in contributions, which requires enforcement.

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Re:Is the GPL Really Declining? by quadrangle on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @02:21AM (#14298084)
> The GPL requires you to pay the developers in contributions

No it does not. The GPL is a downstream license. It requires you pass on the freedoms if you share with others. It does not have any requirement that anything be upstreamed back to the place you got the software from.

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