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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by strken on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:29AM (#29457149)
The MIT license is better than any proprietary software license, yet MIT-licensed software attracts so many more negative license-related comments than proprietary software.

Seems a bit counterproductive.

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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by drog on Monday December 06, 2021 @03:58AM (#29457660)
I think its because those who license software with MIT where GPL could be used are considered "traitors" and as some people believe "traitors are worse than enemies.
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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by cakrome on Monday December 06, 2021 @08:07AM (#29459252)
False equivalency. I'm comparing permissive licenses with copyleft licenses. I'm not comparing MIT license with any proprietary licenses. And if uutils is proprietary, you won't see this discussion happn at all.
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