> releasing work under the BSD, Apache or a copyleft license that you created on your free time is like playing charity for large corporations. I agree with yo

> releasing work under the BSD, Apache or a copyleft license that you created on your free time is like playing charity for large corporations. I agree with you, but "copyleft" is the concept that keeps software from becoming proprietary. Apache-style licenses are permissive, GPL-style licenses are copyleft.