Re:Statement Regarding the Zen Programming Language
by eternalban on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @03:08PM
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You're entirely correct.
Just now I remembered that back in my squandered youth I used to consider code to be a form of creative expression. Code is not my only creative outlet, but it remains an important one. I should not be using OSS at all. I don't even code for the user if I am ever honest about it: I code for the thing itself. Somehow, it seems, I got caught in a dominant paradigm and lost a sense of my own self and values regarding my creative work.
What benefits would that give you over the current situation? Anyone who makes a copy already has to include the license text, why does it matter where they include it as long as it's in a conspicuous place?
The real decision point here should be: Do you want people to be able to use your work for commercial purposes, for free, without recontributing their changes? If not, then don't use the MIT license