Comment by lelanthran

> To be clear; I don't consider GPL to be completely free software.

Well, yeah. I think we agree. That's why I said it is transactional - you get software in exchange for any future potential improvement you make to it.

It's a transaction.

MIT is not transactional, it's charity - you get software without having to trade anything for it.

If people make their software MIT or GPL, they should not complain when it is used in a way that they are unhappy with. With MIT, it can be used in almost any way the user wants, including closing it off, and depriving the community of improvements.