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What's wrong with MIT?
https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/why-i-use-the-gpl-and-not-cuck-licenses/
tldr, too permissive and doesn't protect future derivatives from being foss
Sorry, I'm not taking anything with the word "cuck" in the title seriously.
GPL forces anything using the code to be FOSS, whereas MIT does not