>I like free software and open source because of freedom.
The MIT license is less free than GPL in the sense that as a user of MIT software I don't get to see the source, modify, and distribute it, whereas with the GPL I can.
The MIT license is more free in the sense that as a developer I don't have to give those freedoms to my users.
It's perfectly fine to prefer developer freedoms over user freedoms, but be aware of both of them.
As far as I understand the licences, this is not true. You can do all of that with the MIT licence, but you are not forced to release everything that uses it at MIT.
The MIT license is less free than GPL in the sense that as a user of MIT software I don't get to see the source, modify, and distribute it, whereas with the GPL I can.
The MIT license is more free in the sense that as a developer I don't have to give those freedoms to my users.
It's perfectly fine to prefer developer freedoms over user freedoms, but be aware of both of them.