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TheImpressiveX ,
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I've always thought of it this way: permissive licenses ensure freedom for developers. Copyleft licenses ensure freedom for end-users.

Warner Bros. confirms that "COYOTE VS. ACME" is still available for acquisition and has not been written off yet. ( www.nytimes.com )

This is one impact of media consolidation: Studios can work very hard to hold your attention before deciding, at the last possible moment, that they’re better off throwing out artists’ work than letting you pay money to see it. “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Warner spokesperson says, “remains available for acquisition.” Just...

TheImpressiveX ,
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You are being paranoid.

Assuming you're using Github to publish your own free and open-source software, remember that this is one of the basic tenets of FOSS:

The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose

Even purposes you don't like or agree with.

If you're worried about megacorps stealing your code without giving you credit, just licence your code under the GPL or AGPL. They won't touch it with a 10-foot pole.

TheImpressiveX ,
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Haha that's so--

Actually, never mind. I don't care that much.

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