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Which license leads to more contribution: MIT or GPL? (monero.town)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Suppose I want my project to have as many contributors as possible. Generally do you think more people are inclined to contribute (upstream) if the code is permissive or copyleft or do you think it doesn't really matter?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The paid option would require a CLA, wouldn't it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not if the authors don't offer it.

Which might mean there won't be a purchase, but the copyright holders (authors) can make any terms they want, and offer those terms right along with the GPL license option.

It's baffling why so many choose MIT instead of going this route.