The users can already choose to not use proprietary software, so what is it protecting them against? Themselves?
> You seem to think downstream developers have an entitlement to release proprietary software, even if it goes against the wishes of the original authors ...
No, I just believe that the GPL is intellectually dishonest. It's about controlling other people's means of production, with the end-goal of creating a communist ecosystem in which it's essentially impossible to not participate due to inherent market entry costs.
The users can already choose to not use proprietary software, so what is it protecting them against? Themselves?
> You seem to think downstream developers have an entitlement to release proprietary software, even if it goes against the wishes of the original authors ...
No, I just believe that the GPL is intellectually dishonest. It's about controlling other people's means of production, with the end-goal of creating a communist ecosystem in which it's essentially impossible to not participate due to inherent market entry costs.