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tylerchilds / cutestrap

A strong, independent CSS Framework. Only 2.7KB minified & gzipped.
https://www.cutestrap.com
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Cutestrap Two (BETA) :tada: #48

Closed tylerchilds closed 5 years ago

tylerchilds commented 5 years ago

:tada: Loads of Changes :taco:

now 100% pure CSS.

Before launch: add compiled version without CSS variables for browser support.

tylerchilds commented 5 years ago

Looks good Thumbs Up

thisconnect commented 5 years ago

why the change from MIT to GNU ? :(

tylerchilds commented 5 years ago

@thisconnect This resonates with me: https://drewdevault.com/2019/06/13/My-journey-from-MIT-to-GPL.html

I plan on granting anyone that wants to use Cutestrap under MIT permission to do so and not planning on enforcing the license at any level, but more drawing a line in the sand against corporations. A part of me feels these tech giants are infiltrating the once counter-culture rebellion of open-source.

I use React on a daily basis for work and I think some reasons Facebook open-sourced it was a recruiting tool. It's a lot easier to onboard new employees if they're already using your internal tooling. It's also helpful for them to attract talent to work where a useful tool was created. I don't think they did it out of the goodness of their hearts.

Still sketches me out that github is owned by microsoft now. I remember when i first got into web development, Microsoft would give students access to Visual Studio for free (AWESOME!), but I believe actual developer licenses back then were ~$10,000. Felt real skeezy to me. I'm excited about some of the things Microsoft has been doing with github, but I think if after a few years the ROI isn't what they expect, we'll see changes to improve the bottom-line.

Open-source has been accepted by corporations once they realized there was money to be made in free software, even though it's not by selling the software itself.

So more than anything, I'm re-licensing to raise awareness of other options out there. MIT is great and I'll still use it, but it protects corporations more than it protects the software or the intent of the developer that wrote it.