It means that no single zealot or bad apple can stop the code from being used in ways the users want.
E.g like this Rémi Denis-Courmont guy, a VLC contributor working for Nokia, killed the iOS VLC port for violating some GPL technicalities, despite the code being available, the users wanting it, and the team porting it to iOS for free.
And you still get GPL with their MIT licence: "The Foundation confirms that with the MIT licence, if someone desires GPL licensing, they are free to make changes and re-license it under the GPL."
It means that no single zealot or bad apple can stop the code from being used in ways the users want.
E.g like this Rémi Denis-Courmont guy, a VLC contributor working for Nokia, killed the iOS VLC port for violating some GPL technicalities, despite the code being available, the users wanting it, and the team porting it to iOS for free.
And you still get GPL with their MIT licence: "The Foundation confirms that with the MIT licence, if someone desires GPL licensing, they are free to make changes and re-license it under the GPL."