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> I'm sick of open source purism.

> Open source purism - especially for non-viral MIT and BSD licenses - is how Google and Microsoft and Amazon stole from the commons and turned it against us.

So why don't you advocate for Free Software which has always worked in the interest of the commons and provided the GPL as a way to combat this, instead of something else that isn't free and restricts the freedom of users more than a weak license?

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Because before your know it your very much open source company called Prusa will end up being competed with by subsidized stuff from the east based on your own work.

I don't belive in "open source", I believe in free software.

So what? They make something better, so I take what they did and improve my product.

It's not my problem if someone from the Big Red East does something with my work as long as they share it too.

Ideally, yes, but ideals go out the window when your direct competitor is being unfairly subsidized, selling their products at a loss to steal your lunch and you realize that your continued good will on the software side will be the end of your existence.

> It's not my problem if someone from the Big Red East does something with my work as long as they share it too.

They also don't always do that. Look at the super popular BOOX e-ink notebooks. 100% in violation of the GPL, and has been for years, yet available to buy in common retailers such as Best Buy.

These are edging out popular devices, such as reMarkable, which are GPL compliant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onyx_Boox#GPL_compliance

Uh huh. Why don't you draft me up a license that magically keeps people from violating its rules, then.

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