>Whether it's one-sided depends on what you think you've gained and lost.
I completely agree. At the end of the day, winning and losing in this situation cannot be measured, especially the "losing" part wrt/ people, so it all boils down to how the individuals perceive it. (Which is of course why powerful entities put so much effort into PR.)
I personally feel better if there are some safeguards around usage, and so I like licenses like the GPL family, where regulations are in place so that the effort is not completely trivially closed up.
But really, at the end of the day what we can control best is our perception of thing. Life is what we make of it.
I completely agree. At the end of the day, winning and losing in this situation cannot be measured, especially the "losing" part wrt/ people, so it all boils down to how the individuals perceive it. (Which is of course why powerful entities put so much effort into PR.)
I personally feel better if there are some safeguards around usage, and so I like licenses like the GPL family, where regulations are in place so that the effort is not completely trivially closed up.
But really, at the end of the day what we can control best is our perception of thing. Life is what we make of it.