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It's very unfortunate that many geeks refuse to learn how licensing work (just like many users refuse to understand software).

Some licenses, like GPL/AGPL/LGPL, has been written by teams of lawyers to ensure protection for developers and users against lawsuits and patents. Other licenses has been written by people with no legal background.

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I understand why it is a problem for some, but I guess it can be somewhat principled stance. I mean, refusing to accept all this lawyerish hassle, unnatural language any official documents must be written in and so on. Because, obviously, people who just make things and do not participate in any kind of legal struggle do not care about all this stuff.

So I can understand why some people do act like that.

Principle without action tends to narcissism though.

If people believe that Software Should Not Have Owners, they should use the GPL.

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