Martin wrote:
>>> I fail to see what is morally wrong with it. When I ,as the author,
>>> share my work to the public, I should have made peace with the fact
>>> that I, for all intends and purposes, lost control over its use.

Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> writes:
> Martin is not saying that you *ought* to release your code under a
> liberal license. He is only saying that he does not believe he is
> inviting moral hazard when *he* decides to release *his* code under a
> liberal license. He was responding to Steven who was claiming
> otherwise.

As I read it, he is saying that when someone releases free software,
they have "for all intends and purposes lost control over its use", so
they "should have made peace with the fact" and surrender gracefully.
I'm asking why he doesn't think Microsoft has lost control the same way.
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