The above message was cross posted on Reddit by koalabearhugs. My reply on this message seems to get tricked by Reddit (not visible?), so I reply here as well.
" Can't agree with you more. I am very surprised it got to funding this way. This is a very bad decision for Monero as a whole, and the aggressive way the licensing decision got pushed makes you wonder. It is very hard to crack Monero in a technical sense, this push for permissive (=corporate) licensing is opening Monero widely to be brought down in the future via another angle. For some reason the community doesn't care. It behaves as an ignorant bunch of people that won't even investigate the risks and consequences. Goldbacks might be a better route after all. "
In the same thread on Reddit kayabaNerve pointed out some technical advantages of the rewrite in Rust. My reply to this message: "All the supposed technical advantages are of no use if permissive (=corporate) licensing is used. Dangerous development it is."
Sorry for the crossposts.
Choosing the wrong licensing-model could be disastrous for Monero, so I hope people reconsider.