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I think this is a reasonable take. To add a slightly more unreasonable one to it,

I would rather just never read GPL source fullstop. I don't want the copyleft to taint me and inadvertently reproduce copyleft code where I can't, so I will just avoid reading it entirely. I try to avoid using GPL libraries entirely if I can help it since inevitably I may need to circle back and read some of the source.

It's an interesting idea and I cheer those who manage to live in an ideologically pure bubble but I don't think it's fair to say GPL is strictly more free than BSD/MIT.




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