On permissive vs copyleft open source licenses: https://shazow.net/posts/permissive-vs-copyleft/

I break down all the ways copyleft licenses fail to achieve their state goals, and explain why permissive licenses succeed where copyleft fails.

It's a beast of an article, but I wanted to be comprehensive.

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

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Censorship resistance requires privacy.

I like the emphasis on empiricism ("did X actually produce more Y") in this post. It cuts through a lot of this debate.

Great read (I think a great retort to @vitalik.eth's latest blog, not sure if this is in response to it)

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

Thanks! I've been drafting it for years but I rushed to publish after @vitalik.eth posted his take. :)

Great read (I think a great retort to @vitalik.eth's latest blog, not sure if this is in response to it) https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/07/07/copyleft.html

turns out finding ways to collaborate with people we may not like is powerful in ways that excluding them is not

same arguments apply to the law-making entity in society, empowering human agency ftw 🚀