Which license leads to more contribution: MIT or GPL? - eviltoast

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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    1 year ago

    GPL with a paid commercial option for companies that need closed source derivatives.

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        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.