Transition from Permissive to Copyleft Licenses in Open Source Software
By
bpierre
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The article discusses the author's shift from preferring permissive licenses to favoring copyleft licenses in the context of free open source software and content. It explains the difference between the two types of licenses and the author's personal experience as a developer in this field.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledPermissive licenses freely share with everyone, copyleft licenses freely share only with those who are also willing to freely share.
I have been a fan of, and developer of, free open source software and free content ever since I've been old enough to understand what these things are and build things that I thought other people might find useful.
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