@miria The GPL goes a bit far in not meshing well with other code, I like the MPL because it works like a dual license, but the compromise of "I give you code, you give me code back" is pretty fair.
I don't care about their "freedom" to restrict others from using "their" modified code, I wouldn't want some kike running off with my code.

@applejack I have no issue with "I give you code, you give me code back". I have issue with "You are not allowed to do this. By the way you're free."

@miria You're not free. Which is why you need licenses that nullify copyright law.

I guess you could make a license that's something like "you don't need to share the source code but people are allowed to disassemble your binaries", but my opinion is just "fuck them".

For personal reasons the license doesn't apply to you. And I don't care about the "freedom" of corps.

@applejack @miria
> you need licenses that nullify copyright law.
Creative Commons Zero seems to be one of the more popular licenses for that, I like using that for all my stuff whenever I can
@spiral @applejack Here's my license of choice:

"Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted."

Here's another one I also like but is more verbose:

" DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.

DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO."
@spiral @applejack Meanwhile

$ wc -m /usr/share/licenses/GPL-3
35147 /usr/share/licenses/GPL-3
@applejack @spiral I read that once and it had too much legal jargon for me.
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