XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 13 Jan 2026 14:21:45 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-13, rbowman  wrote:   
   >> On 13 Jan 2026 06:31:43 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> How many other FOSS projects use the MIT, Apache, Zero Clause BSD, or   
   >>>> other permissive licenses?   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't know offhand, but I've always been under the impression the   
   >>> licenses you mentioned are all relatively widespread.   
   >>   
   >> Precisely. Raymond's argument was restrictive licenses would deter FOSS   
   >> development.   
   >   
   > Fair enough, but to go back to where this subthread came from, does that   
   > make him a marketroid? Or just an advocate, maybe agitator if you're   
   > feeling dramatic?   
   >   
   > "Marketroid" makes me think of something rather more pernicious than   
   > just copyleft vs. copycenter (to reference the Jargon File, speaking of   
   > ESR).   
   >   
   > Niklas   
      
   I see no reason to call him a 'marketroid', whatever that might be.   
      
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