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It's more like donating a loaf of bread but stipulating that the person you donated to cannot sell it for profit.

So really, using the GPL is like donating to a non-profit where using a BST/MIT license is like donating willy nilly to any person or corporation regardless of their aims or practices.

But really, the whole analogy is deeply flawed.



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