Been looking deeper into GrapheneOS. Why wouldn't they prefer copyleft licenses if their goal is to have a Free OS?
Releasing everything as MIT just sets them up for someone well-funded to fork and make a proprietary AI or Cryptocurrency or whatever phone.
James Just James
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