Re:Show HN: Lightspeed – subsecond, open source, self hosted...
by lucideer on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:13AM
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> For me, "freedom" doesn't mean "restricting what users can do."
> GPL restricts what users can do, and thus restricts freedom in my eyes.
A few sibling commenters have already rebutted, but to add to that, a way of looking at this is that all licences necessarily restrict users (with the possible/arguable exception of things like CC0).
The difference with GPL vs MIT is that MIT gives users the "freedom" to further restrict other users in future, whereas GPL restricts users from ever further restricting other users
> GPL restricts what users can do, and thus restricts freedom in my eyes.
A few sibling commenters have already rebutted, but to add to that, a way of looking at this is that all licences necessarily restrict users (with the possible/arguable exception of things like CC0).
The difference with GPL vs MIT is that MIT gives users the "freedom" to further restrict other users in future, whereas GPL restricts users from ever further restricting other users