The view of the FSF is that, in the case of software, that power discrepancy is morally wrong. So copyleft was established as a method to disable it.
In this context we don't consider "restrictive" as the opposite of "permissive." The ones who are trying to restrict users are the proprietary software companies. We need to use certain language to draw attention to this because proprietary software developers are trying to downplay the fact that they are restricting their users. The only reason the GPL is not "permissive" is because it does not permit them to restrict users.
In this context we don't consider "restrictive" as the opposite of "permissive." The ones who are trying to restrict users are the proprietary software companies. We need to use certain language to draw attention to this because proprietary software developers are trying to downplay the fact that they are restricting their users. The only reason the GPL is not "permissive" is because it does not permit them to restrict users.