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minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNothing was stolen. The authors choose to give it away, for free, with no strings. That’s not theft. No one forced them to choose that license, and no one forced anyone to contribute to that project.
minus-square0x0@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago with no strings. I wouldn’t call the L/GPL “no strings”.
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoTrue. I should have been more specific. No strings in that there should be no expectation of receiving anything in return.
Nothing was stolen. The authors choose to give it away, for free, with no strings. That’s not theft.
No one forced them to choose that license, and no one forced anyone to contribute to that project.
I wouldn’t call the L/GPL “no strings”.
True. I should have been more specific. No strings in that there should be no expectation of receiving anything in return.