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grim_io • today at 8:13 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

GPL protects against someone taking your code, adding proprietary extensions, and closing off access to the source code.


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Rodmine • today at 10:22 AM

True, but knowing why they went GPL, it is hilarious. They had MIT and they were mad about another MIT-licensed project using their work.