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But it’s saying that tailwind isn’t free software because it is MIT licensed. Why doesn’t MIT license count as free software?

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Because it's not Free Software™.

https://www.osweekly.com/free-software-vs-open-source-why-th...

You're right, open source and free software are not the same thing, but software licenced under the MIT licence is still free software. Even the FSF describes the MIT licence as a free software licence (see my other reply in this thread).

Yeah I'm still not following the loaded premise of this question. It's just a table telling people what the project is about.

An MIT-licensed project trying to not scare people away might have the same comparison table in their readme. They'd just flip around the green checkmark and red X.

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