> Define abuse? According to MIT/BSD, using the code in closed source
> products is not abuse, it's simply use. Since that does not in any way
> affect the freedom of the original MIT/BSD licensed code, it shouldn't
> be a problem. Unless, of course, you want to restrict the users of
> your code in what they can and can't do with it. If you want that,
> fine, that's your choice, but please don't try to sell it as
> "freedom", since that's simply not what it is.
Right. I like the GPL more than MIT, but I think giving others the
ability to change something without releasing its source is not abuse.
If I use MIT for a license, I have to accept that people will change
the license. There is not only the GPL meaning of freedom.
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