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0 pointsdrewdevault2y ago0 comments

> Copyleft is a string. The default would be complete permissiveness.

I have answered a similar line of questioning before.

Arguing strongly for permissive licenses is arguing for a kind of passive freedom which presents as freedom from obligations. Copyleft is the sort of active freedom which presents as a guarantee of rights.

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ksec2y ago· 2 in thread

This is off topic.

I am going to assume this isn't impersonation, but Drew what happen to your old HN account? ( I had it on RSS feed and hasn't shown any update for ages I thought you left HN )

drewdevaultOP2y ago

I don't see any reason why this is off-topic. Naturally the license change is a distinguishing feature of Redict and a reasonable subject for discussion.

I lost the password to my old account.

ksec2y ago

>I don't see any reason why this is off-topic. Naturally the license change is a distinguishing feature of Redict and a reasonable subject for discussion.

I meant off topic as in asking you question about your account. Not the Open Source discussions which is of course perfectly valid. Sorry for the confusion.

endisneigh2y ago· 2 in thread

I disagree - Redict is only possible because of the permissive license to begin with.

A hypothetical license that said no forks allowed wouldn’t allow Redict, for instance.

drewdevaultOP2y ago

A hypothetical license that said "no forks allowed" would not be an open source license. If Redis used the LGPL we could still fork it, we'd just have to use the LGPL for our fork; likewise anyone can fork Redict so long as they use the LGPL for their fork.*

* Technically you do have more options than this with the LGPL but this is a layman's explanation.

endisneigh2y ago

I did not say it would be an open source license. My point is simply that Redict takes something more permissive and makes it restrictive, which is true.

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