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".
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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.