Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilities in Rust

Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by gtsop on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:11AM (#29457715)

I would honestly like to understand why the downvotes. I am giving a blatantly honest answer of a case of people like me who would be turned off by a licence. I don't expect anyone to necesserily agree but I don't get why my opinion is being downvoted. Is it insulting or irrelevant to the issue or what?

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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by johnisgood on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:12AM (#29457998)

I think it is a valid answer to a question that has been posed. I think the reason for the down-votes is that you did not elaborate on as to why MIT is a turnoff for you, and/or why you would rather prefer GPLv3 over MIT.

...or perhaps they did not like the last part of your comment, the "it's just the way I roll" one.

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Re:Uutils: an attempt at writing cross-platform CLI utilitie... by gtsop on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:55AM (#29458204)

Maybe you're right. I thought it is understood why pro-gplv3 people like the licence.

Just to elaborate then, I personally want my software to use gplv3 because I side with the ideological/ethical aspects of free software. I want to support projects/teams/orgs that build this future. An mit licence would allow a company to capitalise on the community's effort withought giving nothing back. Or even worse, make modifications and deliver closed source blobs to users. I personally do not like that. Thus, I wouldn't support/use this library.

To be clear, I am not running 100% gpl software atm, but I see it as a journey going there, slowly transitioning.

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