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nostr:npub1j87rgjtftxaux3xd5nhthwavm3907ywnu8x0z0uywqntsv57vajshl3hzx changed my opinions on open source licenses, which I’ve held for over a decade, with a single sentence… “all foss licenses other than MIT require some form of state power to enforce” . Meaning, all of the common open source licenses support, and rely on, the State’s coercion through violence.

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MarsIronPI 1y ago

Well, we wouldn't need free software licenses if there weren't governments to enforce copyright laws in the first place.

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atyh 1y ago

Then stop using them.

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MarsIronPI 1y ago

But since *they* rely on government enforcement, if we don't fight back in kind then we'll get trampled and for no good reason.

Also, MIT does require enforcement: it says that the copyright notice must be preserved in all distributed copies. That requires enforcement.