Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates copyleft to counter tech monopolies


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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is shifting away from permissive licenses like MIT, advocating for “copyleft” frameworks to protect open-source code in an increasingly competitive tech landscape. He argues that licenses like GPL better prevent monopolies from co-opting public code.

Publish date

July 7, 2025