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Ubuntu is swapping its time sync tool for a Rust-based version - OMG! Ubuntu
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That license allows you to take the source, make changes and keep them to yourself. Which is not in the spirit of open source imho.
Permissive licenses also allow corporations to build off of open source software without giving anything back to public. I don’t see why they’re entitled to profit off the free labor of a community they don’t contribute back to.
This was my understanding, but I really am not in the loop enough to say it with certainty, so appreciate the confirmation. I agree, I think we're seeing from contributions made by people like Valve that there's real value in requiring derivative work to give back to the community it drew from. But again, I'm really not super well informed. I just tend to pick GNU options when available.