alt Hacker NewsThe point of GPL is to restrict distribution. If there’s already an MIT version, it’s useless.
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grahamlee • yesterday at 6:04 PM
but the point of an EULA is to restrict distribution, so AGPL3 can help there.
The point of GPL is to restrict distribution. If there’s already an MIT version, it’s useless.
but the point of an EULA is to restrict distribution, so AGPL3 can help there.
> The point of GPL is to restrict distribution.
no, it isn't. The point of the GPL is to grant users of the software four basic freedoms (run, study, modify and redistribute). There's no restriction to distribution per se, other than disallowing the removal of these freedoms to other users.