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kmacdoughyesterday at 1:48 PM0 repliesview on HN

But the point others make is, this type of libertarian free is wide open to the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish strategy. A very successful, repeatable business strategy to own supposedly "open" domains. There's a reason people have debated freedom to and freedom from for centuries. This is the core conundrum/challenge of freedom.

GPL style licenses provide some guarantee you're investing in an ecosystem that is resistant to EEE. Freedom from takeover in exchange for freedom to make any arbitrary business venture. It's a choice, but to conflate libertarian freedom as the only form of freedom is narrow and ignores this centuries old unsettled debate.