BTW, 'guys' is intended to be gender neutral. Next time I'll say folks to clarify. I pretty much ignore gender, and have been using it that way for a long time so it's a habit, but apologise if any folks feel that excludes them.
I'm grateful for the different perspectives on this, and the supporting boosts and favourites.
I don't have time to debate because I'm writing GPL code, and submitting the odd PR. But I note none of the dissenting replies have addressed the foundation of my argument about enclosure, power and the harm it is doing. You don't get that or don't care it seems.
Thanks for the interactions. Disagreement is fine. Going your own way is fine. Acting as if I said otherwise. 🤔
@happyborg Redis is not really a problem because of the license, it's a problem because of the CLA that allowed the company behind Redis to "pull the rug" under every contributor's feet.
Please read this comment about the different licenses and how they all fit specific use cases:
@happyborg if you wish, publish your code on whichever license you want.
Stop shaming and blaming developers that donate their time and code to everybody.
Not everybody wants a viral license.
Your toot is harmful. Shaming and blaming others will have an effect of them not giving a damn about open source. #GPL is not the answer to everything. There are dozens of #opensource licenses to choose from. Why do you try to polarize the community?
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