alt Hacker NewsIgnores the MPL as usual. IMO the MPL is better than BSD/MIT/Apache since it prevents your code getting closed, and better than GPL by not forcing others to open their code.
Ignores the MPL as usual. IMO the MPL is better than BSD/MIT/Apache since it prevents your code getting closed, and better than GPL by not forcing others to open their code.
Indeed, MPL/LGPL are often a better tradeoff than GPL.
But, in theory and according to the article, they should experience same effect. Just slower. When a (law-abiding) company finally has a strong reason to make some modification and keep it private, a proprietary replacement is coming. (Sometimes, as a "thin" fork of a permissive project, which then gets an engagement boost, reinforcing the point of the article)