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  • Colloidal@programming.dev
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    12 hours ago

    Wait, so you’re saying the effect of this license is essentially the same as GPL, but you still think it’s a good idea to use it? Even though this license is AFAIK incompatible with most copyleft licenses, thus hindering your ability to use software licensed under these terms and restricting the use of your software by open source projects that operate under a different license?

    What is the benefit that makes it worth that high a cost?

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      7 hours ago

      You should only use this license for projects you essentially want to fail in that way. If you want to ensure something you made does not get used for fuckery(say, for example, a virus you made for fun), you can use it. It’s a very niche license, but that doesn’t make it bad.

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        4 hours ago

        Okay, but how about you address my question now? If the effects are the same as GPL but it has a lot of downsides, why would you use it? What is its selling point?