What free open source licenses are folks here using for their projects? Benefits/drawbacks? Curious on the takes of the community here.
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MIT. Do the fuck with it that you want.
I'm not a big fan of any other "licenses", I don't need the state to help me keep my projects "open source".
Unlicensed is also good.
I totally get where you’re coming from. I struggle with this because I see the conflict as open source vs. closed source instead of state vs. xyz. I’d like to use the state to our advantage where possible- but tell me what I’m not seeing…
If you're not prepared for anyone doing anything they want with your stuff, don't make it open source, everything else is a stop gap, cause anyone can still do what you don't want them to do, probably outside of jurisdiction.
I agree the efforts are largely impotent, especially outside of the US like you said. The only condition I’m interested in is putting up a roadblock for parties that want to take something open source and make closed source iterations. The MPL seems to fit this pretty well- basically similar to MIT except attempts to force future iterations to be open-source. No offense, but MIT is literally using the state to actively give up your rights. I don’t see how that furthers the cypherpunk cause vs. something like the MPL.
I guess as a follow up to this, if the state wanted to stifle your project by sponsoring a competitor, and/or even co-opt your project… twisting it for their purposes, aren’t you making it easier for that to happen with a license that allows follow up work to be closed source?
And the answer to that is to try to use the state itself to stop it? I don't buy it.
The stuff is there, "do with it what you want", says it all.
I use MIT where possible.
AGPL where hamstrung.
Thx
So do you feel the GPL chain restricts your offering too much? No worries about MIT being taken and used for closed source projects?
What does "no license" mean in this world :-)