The biggest advantage of the GPL license is also its biggest disadvantage: you have to give as freely as you have received. Everybody gets the benefit of everybody's work. Or, put a different way, nobody gets a proprietary advantage over somebody else.<p>The biggest advantage of the MIT license is also its biggest disadvantage: you do not have to give as freely as you receive. Everybody can have a proprietary advantage. Or, put a different way, somebody can take your work, and give you nothing in return, no money, no recognition, nothing.<p>It is useless to complain about somebody using your product in the manner you licensed it.
(2017) Discussion at the time (996 points, 363 comments) <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15642116">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15642116</a>