Synaptics MIT license, again

[Josh Triplett]

Kean Johnston wrote:
> If they write free software because they
> want the maximum number of people possible to be able to use their
> code, they can use the MIT license. If they write free software
> because they want to promote the agenda of free software, they
> can use the GNU licenses. Thats about the difference between them.

Many people use the GPL despite not caring at all about "the agenda of free
software".  Some people use it for purely practical reasons: they care more
about having more patches that they can merge back into their project than
they about people who use their software as part of a proprietary system.

- Josh Triplett


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