@HerraBRE @shekkiesqueaks Shaming someone into abandoning their rights for the most anti-free license filled with viral BS is not something to be proud of.

@shekkiesqueaks @HerraBRE If you want a free license, the MIT and Apache licenses are lovely for those purposes. Personally I use the zlib license for my works.

I absolutely hate the attempts to instill fear in / shame others because they don't want to indulge in viral "copyleft" licenses that offer them no protection to things that actually *matter* to people, like code theft.

@KS @shekkiesqueaks Of course you hate them. The truth hurts.

Broaden your definition of people to include non-devs, and think about their rights in a digital world.

You'll get there in the end.

@HerraBRE @KS lol what

are you trying to seriously suggest that we should shame people who give out their work under unrestricted licenses

@Xkeeper @KS I'm saying that if you successfully shame someone into realizing that end-users deserve rights too, not just developers, that would be a totally awesome accomplishment.

In part because it's very hard. Look how hard you're resisting, the mere thought of it makes you angry, dunnit? :-)

@HerraBRE @KS i'm not angry. i think it's just dumb, and i think the gpl is dumb.

i like open source and i like free software; all of the stuff i make, generally speaking, is mit.

but shaming people into using what is effectively a virus in the shape of a license? not good.

@Xkeeper @KS Honestly? I don't think anyone is ever shamed into using the GPL. People don't work that way.

This whole "shaming, bad, wah!" reaction is a straw-man.

All those liberal licenses you love do zilch to protect the end user - they turn your work into a gift to corporations and proprietary devs.

The GPL licenses protect the end-user rights and therefore entire industries are dedicated to defaming it. You're being played.

@KS @HerraBRE just to clear this up from my end since it probably wasn't obvious (that rant is worded weird, I know):

I dislike people who primarily pick licenses that lets them weasel their way out of sharing source for profit. I don't mind people using MIT; I mind people whose world revolves around money

@shekkiesqueaks You're cool then. <3

Sorry, that's just not the vibe I was getting from the linked article though.

@KS yeah it's worded like ass >:c!

I was like "... wait what"

then I was like O!

then I forgot to point out it's worded like ass after I realised what it was saying. aANYWAY I'M SORRY

SQUEAK

then again, I have no idea who writes the posts on that site or how they generally go about ideas, so it could be the most convoluted styling of beetle-shaped burger poems for all I know