• Adanisi@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    The only “freedom” the GPL infringes on is the ability to take the freedom the code originally had away from an end-user.

    • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      That’s also false. The GPL doesn’t only restrict non-free licences, it restricts any licence change on the derivative work. If I fork a GPL project and want to redistribute my changes with a free licence such as MIT, the GPL will prevent it to protect itself. It’s an authoritarian licence that doesn’t respect your freedom.