• WhyJiffie
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    1 month ago

    The GPL, on the other hand, directly infringes on the user’s freedom to fork and redistribute the software.

    that’s plain bullshit. under GPL, you are free to fork it and redistribute it

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      1 month ago

      You’re not unless you keep the licence.

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        1 month ago

        well of course. you can’t betray the will of upstream: to not feed the rich. not a big ask.

        but the user, as you said, has no reason to object to that, because it protects them from parasites

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          27 days ago

          This argument only works if you assume everything that isn’t the GPL is feeding the rich.