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the FSF have been saying that for longer than the OSI has existed. people mocked them for saying that they were idealistic and unreasonable.


The FSF takes the more extreme stance that general adoption just doesn't matter. If big companies ban libraries using their recommended viral licenses, that's not a problem they're looking to solve; it just means the people writing free software will have an advantage.


And some donate to both. FSF is a big reason we chose GPLv3 - when at first I was thinking MIT.




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