Oddbean new post about login | logout I get asked about why I license noscrypt under lgpl often so I added my reason to the startup documentation. Corps can easily use mostly gpl licensed things, especially lgpl and they do often. It's nearly impossible to write any Linux application without linking to gnu libc, or other lgpl equivalent. It can be done, and is done without much friction. IMO, I just requires you to respect the developer and their users. I see the lgpl specifically in noscrypt as protecting my user's rights when using my software. https://www.vaughnnugent.com/resources/software/articles/62ca932f68b8e0b1b99dca6e1c9ffe5538205efb#lgpl-license
i always CC0 or unlicense whenever i get a say in it i'm more concerned about it getting patented than someone else using it someone else using it would be an honor
Licenses are so subjective to a project and the developers opinions that I mostly stopped caring. I have my reasons and people have ther own. Everyone weighs pros/cons differently, nuance and world view. I think both of those licenses are great. I use plenty of CC license projects and the developers are great people (mjanson and rpmalloc for example.) >someone else using it would be an honor I completely agree!
i just flat out do not want someone patenting my literal work the rest idgaf, if i made something useful that someone can make more hay from good, it's between them and God whether they give me some credit for my work
Yeah totally! In my case I like the added step, of what I believe is protecting my users. People using tools that involve my software should always have access to the source code and ability to modify it if they see fit, or get it directly from me if they want to. If it's software I or my community developed, people should have access to it. I do understand the economics of that being difficult in some cases though, but I think it's worth it.
public domain guarantees that the same as GPL i prefer it to just be public domain because businesses see it as a utility instead of a rentseeking opportunity that is being "DENIED"
i've always done that too, put my stuff out as MIT licensed or CC0, glad if it's useful to someone, i don't particularly want to add any burdens i hate intellectual property restriction shenigans to such a degree, i didn't even want to use them for good but i absolutely understand why people use (L)GPL licenses
yeah, it's really stupid though the worst thing is patents... the more things we invent and public domain the less things can patent
i have noticed i've become more hesitant to share and open source things since the CSW case, it really felt like being punished for trying to do a good thing
why though? because being visible makes you a target? that's silly, you will never make an impact on the world if nobody saw it
Tell that to Satoshi