Comment by zephen
1 month ago
> If you don't want to share your stuff without taxing everyone, then don't share it. Other licenses exist. You don't have to use MIT or the GPL.
I agree. Yet some of my comments here have been met with downvoting and explanations that GPL licensing is a moral imperative, so there is certainly a contingent who would disagree.
> This is particularly rampant in the Rust community
This is interesting. Do you have examples? I am not cognizant enough of interactions there.
Yeah, there's a HN comment where someone is complaining about a related concept but in the linked threads there you have a lot of these donation inquisitors. I shy away from any such community.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46048954
Thanks!