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https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuck-licenses/
tldr, too permissive and doesn't protect future derivatives from being foss
Luke Smith is a far-right neo-Nazi–sympathizer; there's better advocates for copyleft to quote.
I find it pretty interesting to see people on the opposite sides fighting for fairly similar things, but fuck I can't tolerate these shitheads.
ah wasn't aware, sowy
though his point still stands in this regard
Oh, absolutely (I'm a copyleft absolutist so I'm convinced, from the get-go).
But I'd also, just as much, like to avoid the n-word.
Sorry, I'm not taking anything with the word "cuck" in the title seriously.
GPL forces anything using the code to be FOSS, whereas MIT does not
@aketawi The article makes some excellent points, then underlines them with memes with racial slurs. @Alaknar