Re:“I wish I could have licensed the Id source code releases...
by ldarby on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @08:38PM
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> they tend to revert to explaining it a different way out of a suspicion that you don’t get it.
I think that's because, in my experience (outside of HN), many people really don't get it. They say something like "this proprietary software did something nasty again" without knowing that the GPL exists or that it's effectively impossible for GPL'ed software to do nasty things. Hence, it is always worth explaining the GPL and its values to them.
It's not always easy to see when someone already understands the values and just disagrees with them.
I think that's because, in my experience (outside of HN), many people really don't get it. They say something like "this proprietary software did something nasty again" without knowing that the GPL exists or that it's effectively impossible for GPL'ed software to do nasty things. Hence, it is always worth explaining the GPL and its values to them.
It's not always easy to see when someone already understands the values and just disagrees with them.