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What's with the move to MIT over AGPL for utilities? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I would understand if Canonical want a new cow to milk, but why are developers even agreeing to this? Are they out of their minds?? Do they actually want companies to steal their code? Or is this some reverse-uno move I don't see yet? I cannot fathom any FOSS project not using the AGPL anymore. It's like they're painting their faces with "here, take my stuff and don't contribute anything back, that's totally fine"

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[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago

Again, it's not about the actual programs being simple. Just because they are simple in usage doesn't mean they should be encouraged to use a license that harms FOSS development. If we allow these "simple" utilities now, it sets the dangerous precedent for companies to push towards more software with such licenses and swipe FOSS advancements without contributing anything back. Corporations which do not contribute back to the FOSS community do not deserve to take anything from the community either.

Unfortunately, I alone am powerless to implement such measures when a large group of software developers decide to not take this into account when writing software.

I selected AGPL because I find it to be a little more strict compared to GPL. Any derivative of GPL is fine as long as it promotes open source development