I probably don’t. I know copyleft vs permissive can be heated debates and I don’t have a very strong opinion. My decision and reasoning is mostly based/aligned with https://shazow.net/posts/permissive-vs-copyleft/
At the current stage, and as solo dev, I don’t believe that either licensing is realistically going to have any meaningful difference. There are plenty of cases where copyleft didn’t prevent capture. And permissive projects that thrived above corporate versions.
But I’m curious to learn and appreciate the feedback. Can you elaborate? What’s the main concern. What assurances, or protections do you hope to get from GPL? Is it about using the project, or contributing to the project?
I understand the concern, but MIT has been very intentional to signal the opposite of what you’re worried about. Paperweight runs fully local. Everything works without any back-end or external services. No one can turn this into some paid SaaS to lock features. It already passes the walk-away test and there’s literally nothing to rug and if the project ever goes into a direction you don’t like you don’t lose access or need anyone’s permission.
While GPL theoretically gives you the same opportunity, I feel like it adds some overhead and potentially locks out genuine contributors.
And especially in the age of AI, code is cheap and if someone wants to build a closed Paperweight, the license is not going to stop them.
The App does help you find what data is shared where, but it is indeed based on the data that is shared over email. Which might not include everything, no. But at least it’ll flag the account instead of being some, old account you forgot about.
I know a lot of companies tend to push you to their forms. Which can be helpful for identification, but you don’t have to follow they process. They’re legally obliged to honor requests via email. The app helps you to track them.
I know Github has its flaws, but using for convenience. Not sure how it impacts the App.
Currently at around 280 Github stars and a few contributors. And here’s some more context https://lemmy.ml/post/47559040
I understand you don’t want to take my word for it, but I can assure you the App uses no external services.
Like most projects, I use AI for most of my work these days. It’s a tool, which helps me plan, research and code new ideas/features. It makes a lot of my work easier. I share the concerns about yolo/vibe-coded slop, but it’s who wields the hammer that matters. I’ve been a software engineer for 20+ years and you can check from my Github history that I’ve been doing this way before any AI hype. The idea and execution is 100% me. I’m building something I want, use, and care about myself.
I know I won’t change your mind here, and that’s fine. Don’t use it. But you might want to reconsider calling everything that uses AI garbage. By that standard you won’t be able to use any tech at all anymore. Chill out, touch grass and enjoy your day!