poVoq@slrpnk.net to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoCopyleft licenses are not “restrictive”drewdevault.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkCopyleft licenses are not “restrictive”drewdevault.compoVoq@slrpnk.net to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareTheImpressiveX@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoI’ve always thought of it this way: permissive licenses ensure freedom for developers. Copyleft licenses ensure freedom for end-users.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoOpen source licenses are only as useful as your ability to enforce them.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSorta why the FSF was formed. Because thses lucences working effects folks other then yourself. So best for all OS developers and users to work together.
I’ve always thought of it this way: permissive licenses ensure freedom for developers. Copyleft licenses ensure freedom for end-users.
Open source licenses are only as useful as your ability to enforce them.
Sorta why the FSF was formed.
Because thses lucences working effects folks other then yourself.
So best for all OS developers and users to work together.